notable quotes from the poet himself
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."
"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
"Beauty is whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat."
"Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence."
"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality."
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
"Beauty is whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
"Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words."
"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat."
"Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence."