To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary. - Edgar Allan Poe

"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

"By a route obscure and lonelyHaunted by ill angels only,Where an eidolon, named NIGHT,On a black throne reigns upright,I have reached these lands but newlyFrom an ultimate dim Thule --From a wild, weird clime that lieth, sublime,Out of SPACE, out of TIME."

"From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone."