Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Source: The Rationale of Verse; In The Pioneer, March 1843.
-- Edgar Allan Poe, (Jan 19 1809-1849), US poet, short-story writer; He is famous for his mysterious, macabre stories and poems, e.g., The Gold Bug, 1843 and The Raven, 1845.