• There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

  Edgar Allan Poe
  American poet, writer and critic 1809-1845
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. song-writing
2. considered
3. proper
4. merit
5. think

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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. by : Edgar Allan Poe

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