To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary. Author: Edgar Allan Poe Copy Quote More from Edgar Allan Poe “Every moment of the nightForever changing placesAnd they put out the star-light…” “How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness?—from the cove…” “The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers…” “She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more lovely than full of glee. And e…”