And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is, and nothing more.
I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
The Sea Within: Waves and the Meaning of All Things
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I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
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