 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
 | Margaret Fuller - 1869 - 424 pages
...demand. This is not the case, however, with these lines : — To ONE IN PARADISE. Thou wast all that to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green...fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. 8* Ah, dream too bright to last! Ah, starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast! A voice from... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 200 pages
...Serenest skies .continually Just o'er that one bright island smile. *-V TO ONE IN PARADISE. " HOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine —...fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. TO ONE IN PARADISE. Ah, dream too bright to last I Ah, starry Hope ! that didst arise But to be overcast... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...some difficulty in recognising it as his own : — Thou wast that all to me, love. For which my ROU! did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain...the flowers were mine. Ah, dream too bright to last I Ah, starry Hope, that didst arise But to be overcast I A voice from out the Future cries, " Onward... | |
 | Augustus William Hurry - 1872 - 96 pages
...Hours that ever came and went 'Mid the luxurious calm and bloom Of many a Sabbath afternoon. XXIV. ' Ah ! dream, too bright to last, Ah ! starry hope that didst arise But to be overcast,' Awhile to gladden and surprise, Till cursed by Life's realities. XXV. For with the closing... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...Annie — With 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...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 arise But to... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 pages
...solace be ; Nearer and dearer Still thou art to me. Carpenter. ALL MY HOPES ARE TRANCES. Thou wast that all to me, Love, For which my soul did pine —...sea, Love — A fountain and a shrine All wreathed round with wild flowers, And all the flowers were mine ! But the dream — it could not last ; Young... | |
 | Living voices - 1873 - 588 pages
...never show him — never, That swan's nest among the reeds ! EB BROWNING. TO ONE IN PARADISE. 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 with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. Ah, dream too bright to last... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...characters of my acquaintance, that I had some difficulty ia recognising it as his own : — Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine;...bright to last ! Ah, starry Hope, that didst arise Hut to be overcast ! A voice from out the Future cries, " Onward ! " — but o'er the past (Dim gulf... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1875 - 400 pages
...beauty, 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 spirit... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1869 - 298 pages
...beauty, 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 spirit... | |
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