Edgar Allan Poe

And still the Raven, never flitting,
Still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of read more

And still the Raven, never flitting,
Still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas
Just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming
Of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor,
And my soul from out that shadow,
That lies floating on the floor,
Shall be lifted--nevermore.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.

I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends call it.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.