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... bright , than this is ? In point of finish it is Horatian . It is merum nectar , as Scaliger says of the Ode to Pyrrha . I do not believe what is asserted , that this was written when Poe was fourteen , but it was un- doubtedly written ...
... bright , than this is ? In point of finish it is Horatian . It is merum nectar , as Scaliger says of the Ode to Pyrrha . I do not believe what is asserted , that this was written when Poe was fourteen , but it was un- doubtedly written ...
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... through the years . They are my ministers - yet I their slave . Their office is to illumine and enkindle- My duty , to be saved by their bright light , And purified in their electric fire , And sanctified in TO HELEN . 21.
... through the years . They are my ministers - yet I their slave . Their office is to illumine and enkindle- My duty , to be saved by their bright light , And purified in their electric fire , And sanctified in TO HELEN . 21.
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... bright eyes— Come up through the lair of the Lion , With love in her luminous eyes . " VI . But Psyche , uplifting her finger , Said " Sadly this star I mistrust— Her pallor I strangely mistrust : - Oh , hasten ! -oh , let us not linger ...
... bright eyes— Come up through the lair of the Lion , With love in her luminous eyes . " VI . But Psyche , uplifting her finger , Said " Sadly this star I mistrust— Her pallor I strangely mistrust : - Oh , hasten ! -oh , let us not linger ...
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... bright to last ! Ah , starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast ! 66 A voice from out the Future cries , On ! on ! " - but o'er the Past ( Dim gulf ! ) my spirit hovering lies , Mute , motionless , aghast ! III . For , alas ...
... bright to last ! Ah , starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast ! 66 A voice from out the Future cries , On ! on ! " - but o'er the Past ( Dim gulf ! ) my spirit hovering lies , Mute , motionless , aghast ! III . For , alas ...
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... In a world of moan , And my soul was a stagnant tide , Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride- Till the yellow - haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride . II . Ah , less - less bright The stars. EULALIE.
... In a world of moan , And my soul was a stagnant tide , Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride- Till the yellow - haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride . II . Ah , less - less bright The stars. EULALIE.
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The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With a Notice of His Life and Genius Edgar Allan Poe,James Hannay No preview available - 1856 |
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