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TO F——S S. O——D [FRANCES S. OSGOOD].
1845; | [“Lines written in an Album”], SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER, SEPTEMBER, 1835, “To — —,” BURTON’S GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1839, “To —— F [[To F——]],” BROADWAY JOURNAL, II. 10, LINES 1-4.
Text, 1845.
Variations of Southern Literary Messenger from the text.
Line 1 Thou ... heart (Eliza, let thy generous heart) 2 not! (:) 3 everything (every thing) 5 ways, (—) 6 Thy ... beauty, (Thy unassuming beauty —) 7 shall be an endless (And truth shall be a) 7 praise, (o. c.) 8 And ... duty (Forever — and love a duty).
Variations of Burton's from the text.
Line 1 Thou ... heart (Fair maiden, let thy generous heart) 2 not! (—) 6 grace, thy more than (unassuming) 7 Shall ... endless (Thy truth shall be a) 8 And love — a (Forever, and love a).
Variation of the Broadway Journal from the text.
Line 4 not. (!). [page 208:]
EDITOR’S NOTE.
This eight-line stanza was originally written in honor of Eliza White, while the version in Burton's was dedicated to some unknown blank. It does duty a third time as one of the numerous tributes to Mrs. Osgood.
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - JAH07, 1902] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Editions - The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (J. A. Harrison) (Notes to To F----s S. O----D)