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THE bowers whereat, in dreams, I see
The wantonest singing birds,
Are lips — and all thy melody
Of lip-begotten words;
Thine eyes, in Heaven of heart enshrined
Then desolately fall,
O God! on my funereal mind
Like starlight on a pall;
Thy heart — thy heart! — I wake and sigh,
And sleep to dream till day
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Of the truth that gold can never buy
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Of the baubles that it may.
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - SW94, 1895] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - To ---- (Stedman and Woodberry, 1895)