Curious Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

“Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door”

— C.J. Roberts

“Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I…

— Lynn Cullen

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded,…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“A gust of night pushed its way in the door and everyone inside wavered once like stalks in a field then resumed their talk.”

— Anne Carson

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

— Edgar Allan Poe

“So as not to see anything any more, I turned towards the wall, but alas, what was now facing me was that partition which…

— Marcel Proust

“The entire end-of-October night was beating with a single pulse, its own strange rhythm sounding through trees and rain and mud in a manner…

— László Krasznahorkai

“The wind tapped like a tired man, And like a host, "Come in," I boldly answered; entered then My residence within A rapid, footless…

— Emily Dickinson

“There came the sound of dragging footsteps. Near they came, nearer. Then a voice rattled the window. "It is dark," said the voice. "I…

— Anonymous

“Before the Battle: Music of whispering trees Hushed by the broad-winged breeze Where shaken water gleams; And evening radiance falling With reedy bird-notes calling.…

— Siegfried Sassoon