Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. Ah, dream too bright to last! Ah, starry Hope! that didst... The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With a Memoir - Page 378by Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857Full view - About this book
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...Млreb 18, 1830. TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. HТ EJ P o E. wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine All wreath'd around about with flowers — And the flowers, they all were mine. But the dream, it could... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...difficulty in recognising it as his own. Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did piue — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed around about with flowers ; Aud the flowers — they all were mine. But the dream — it could not... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pages
...some difficulty in recognising it as his own. Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrinu, All wreathed around about with flowers ; And the flowers — they all were mine. But the dream... | |
| 1841 - 376 pages
...breast like a dove TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. nY BA FOE. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine— A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine All wreathed around about with flower*And the flowers, they all were mine. But the dream, it could not last ; And... | |
| 1893 - 840 pages
...Helen ! Did I use to call her Miss Cave ? Former state of being, all that. Sandy desert, life was ! ' A green isle in the sea, love, a fountain, and a shrine ! ' Who says that ? Fancy getting a new start alongside of a sinless creature like that, who believes... | |
| 1853 - 842 pages
...American poem." Here it is, as he gives it. I. Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed around about with flowers : And the flowers they all were mine. II. But the dream it could not last,... | |
| 1861 - 378 pages
...of the constitution of his mind is this — " Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine : A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and...fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine." To what shall his poetry be compared ? To the chime of his own musical " Bells ?" to the fresh bloom... | |
| 1853 - 774 pages
...than elsewhere : — " TO ONE IN PARADISE. " Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love — A fountain...too bright to last ! Ah, starry hope ! that didst nrise But to be overcast ! A voice from out the future cries, 1 On ! on !' — but o'er the past (Dim... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...groaning of the bells. TO ONE IN PARADISE. I. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain...fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. n. Ah, dream too bright to last ! Ah, starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast ! A voice from... | |
| 1853 - 1042 pages
...the same sorrow ' To One in Paradise :'— 4 Thou wast all that to mo, love, For which my soul did pine, A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed with fairest fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. But alas ! alas ! with me The light of life... | |
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