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“The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.”
― Adonais
― Adonais
“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.”
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
― The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”
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“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance”
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Dark romanticism
— 39 members
— last activity May 31, 2023 12:01AM
A very interesting sub-genre of the Romantic era that borders on Gothic fiction, Dark Romanticism effectively offers flawed human beings, who give in ...more
The Gothic Poets Society
— 403 members
— last activity Dec 31, 2024 07:03PM
Wits, Words & Spirits! Who Are We? We are a group of like minded individuals who haunt dark halls and cemeteries, armed with pens, books and black li ...more
Keats-Shelley Book Group
— 48 members
— last activity May 27, 2023 04:57AM
Poetry lovers discuss poems, novels, books and films, especially by or featuring John Keats, PB and Mary Shelley and Lord Byron. And possibly Ben Wish ...more
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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