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“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
— 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
— 402 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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55 friends
779 books
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2,691 books
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152 books
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2,985 books
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1,023 books
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864 books
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1,190 books
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