 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...what I have already eXi_ / ' plained at some length, the answer, here also, is obvious — "TVhen | it most closely allies itself to Beauty •: the death, then, of a boauti- { ful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world I — and equally is it... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 pages
...of mankind, is the most melancholy?" Death — was the obvious reply, "And when," I said, "is this most melancholy of topics most poetical?" From what...closely allies itself to Beauty : the death, then, of a boautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world — and equally is it beyond... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...Here, too, the reply was obvious : it is when it most closely allies itself to beauty. Hence the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world; and the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover. This is the essential motive of... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 pages
...Here, too, the reply was obvious : it is when it most closely allies itself to beauty. Hence the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world; and the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover. This is the essential motive of... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1909 - 796 pages
...melancholy topics, he says, death is the most melancholy; it is most poetical when it allies itself with beauty; "the death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world." Any force his theory might abstractly be supposed to have, assuredly evaporates in his illustrative... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1895 - 384 pages
...mankind, is the most melancholy ? " Death — was the obvious reply. " And when," I said, " is this most melancholy of topics most poetical ? " From what...is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the worlH — and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such a topic are those of a... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodberry - 1895 - 380 pages
...mankind, • is the most melancholy ? " Death — was the obvious reply. " And when," I said, " is this most melancholy of topics most poetical ? " From what...explained at some length, the answer here also is ob• vious — " When it most closely allies itself to Beayfy; the death, then, of a beautiful woman... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 pages
...of all the poetical tones." By his usual ratiocination I'oe reached the conclusion that " the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most...equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited lor .such topic are those of a bereaved lover." As to the metre, " the feet employed throughout (trochees)... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1900 - 538 pages
...understanding of mankind, is the most melancholy 1 " Death, was the obvious reply. "And when," I said, "is this most melancholy of topics most poetical ? " From what...obvious — "When it most closely allies itself to Scanty: the death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world,... | |
 | 1900 - 514 pages
...of mankind, is the most melancholy?" Death, was .the -Quidous. reply. " And when," I said, " is this most melancholy of topics most poetical ? " From what...explained at some length the answer here also is obvious — " wjhen it most closejy_allies itself to beautyj__the death, then, of a^BfiautiluJ wom.anJiiing.uestionably... | |
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When it most closely allies itself to Beauty; the death, then, of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world... 
