Guess who said this?

Question

"With me, poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. And the passion must be held in reverence; they must not-they cannot at will be excited with an eye to the paltry compensation, or the more paltry condemnations of mankind."

Answer 1

If I remember my Graduate School Record Exam in Literature right, I think it's either Edgar Alan Poe or Robert Frost (hard to remember the myopia sometimes...) :-)

Answer 2

That would be Edgar Allan Poe.