Sitater av Edgar Allan Poe

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The Fall of the House of Usher fortelling, 1839

1
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
The Fall of the House of Usher, Avsnitt 1
2
I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.
The Fall of the House of Usher, Avsnitt 1
3
I dread the events of the future, not in themselves, but in their results.
The Fall of the House of Usher, Avsnitt 11

4
The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
The Masque of the Red Death, Avsnitt 1
5
The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think.
The Masque of the Red Death, Avsnitt 2
6
All these and security were within. Without was the “Red Death”.
The Masque of the Red Death, Avsnitt 2

7
True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
The Tell-Tale Heart, Avsnitt 1
8
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.
The Tell-Tale Heart, Avsnitt 2
9
He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it.
The Tell-Tale Heart, Avsnitt 2

10
I was sick—sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.
The Pit and the Pendulum, Avsnitt 1
11
Then silence, and stillness, night were the universe.
The Pit and the Pendulum, Avsnitt 1
12
In death—no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man.
The Pit and the Pendulum, Avsnitt 2

13
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
The Cask of Amontillado, Avsnitt 1
14
I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.
The Cask of Amontillado, Avsnitt 1
15
I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.
The Cask of Amontillado, Avsnitt 2

16
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
Annabel Lee, Strofe 1, linje 1 til 2
17
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
Annabel Lee, Strofe 1, linje 5 til 6
18
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my ANNABEL LEE—
Annabel Lee, Strofe 2, linje 9 til 10

19
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
The Raven, Strofe 1, linje 1 til 2
20
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
The Raven, Strofe 2, linje 7 til 8
21
Darkness there and nothing more.
The Raven, Strofe 4, linje 24

22
Take this kiss upon the brow!
A Dream Within a Dream, Strofe 1, linje 1
23
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
A Dream Within a Dream, Strofe 1, linje 4 til 5
24
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
A Dream Within a Dream, Strofe 1, linje 6 til 9

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