“Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought.”
― The Complete Poems
― The Complete Poems
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
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“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”
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“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”
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“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
Dark romanticism
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— 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
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— 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
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— 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
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