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TO F - (MRS. FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD) by EDGAR ALLAN POE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BELOVED! AMID THE EARNEST WOES
Last Line: JUST O'ER THAT ONE BRIGHT ISLAND SMILE.
Subject(s): OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT (1811-1850); POETRY & POETS;
Beloved! amid the earnest woes
That crowd around my earthly path --
(Drear path, alas! where grows
Not even one lonely rose) --
My soul at least a solace hath
In dreams of thee, and therein knows
An Eden of bland repose.

And thus thy memory is to me
Like some enchanted far-off isle
In some tumultuous sea --
Some ocean throbbing far and free
With storms -- but where meanwhile
Serenest skies continually
Just o'er that one bright island smile.




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