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The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see
The wantonest singing birds,
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Are lips — and all thy melody
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Of lip-begotten words —
5
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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,
10
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.
(1829)
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 51:]
Title To — — (1829).
11 the: Omitted in 1831.
12 baubles: trifles (1829).
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Notes:
Campbell makes a small error in regard to the variant on line 11. The word “the” was omitted from the 1829 text; the entire poem was omitted from the 1831 edition of the Poems. Poe inserted “the” in the Herring copy of ATMP, in preparation for RAOP.
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[S:0 - KCP, 1917] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - To ---- (ed. K. Campbell, 1917)