 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 Home Affections Pourtrayed by the Poets - Page 50edited by - 1858 - 391 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1839 - 372 pages
...descendants are living to this day. JMS Dayton, March 18, 1839. TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. ВТ Ж. -A. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine —...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 - 688 pages
...peculiar characters of my acquaintance, that I had 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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 696 pages
...peculiar characters of my acquaintance, that I had 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, All wreathed around about with flowers ; • Aud the flowers — they all were mine. But the dream... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1841 - 376 pages
...the heart and the form That came to his breast like a dove TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. nY BA FOE. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine—...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
...Poe's verses, which doubtless many of our readers can repeat from memory, are as follows — Thou wast that all to me, love. For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and n shrine, All wreathed wilh fairy fruits and flowers: And all the flowers were mine. Ah, dream too... | |
 | 1861 - 378 pages
...different poem) which conveys so perfect an idea of the constitution of his mind is this — " Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine :...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...— M'ilh the thought of the light Of the eyes of my Annie. TO ONE IN PARADISE. THOU wast all that to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green...isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreath'd with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. Ah. dream too bright to last... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...Shall be an endless theme of praise, • And love — a simple duty. TO ONE IN PARADISE. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine —...to last ! Ah, starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast ! A voice from out the Future cries, " On ! on !" — but o'er the Past (Dim gulf!) my... | |
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