Stars in the sky, For it sparkles with Annie Of the love of my Annie Of the eyes of my Annie. (1849) TO MY MOTHER Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, 100 None so devotional as that of "Mother," Therefore by that dear name I long have called you 5 You who are more than mother unto me, And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you My mother my own mother, who died early, Was but the mother of myself; but you Are mother to the one I loved so dearly, And thus are dearer than the mother I knew By that infinity with which my wife Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life. (1849) 97 in of (F. O. U., H.J.); sky: heaven (F. O. U.). 99 light: fire (F. O. U.). Title Sonnet · To My Mother (F. O. U., L.M.). 1 I feel that: the angels (L.M.). 2 The angels, whispering to: Devoutly singing unto (L.M.). 3 among: amid (L.M.). 5 dear: sweet (F. O. U., L.M.). 7 And fill: Filling (L.M.); Death: God (L.M.). 11 one: dead (L.M.). 12 Are thus more precious than the one I knew (L. M.). 1Ο ANNABEL LEE It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought She was a child and I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud by night So that her highborn kinsmen came To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, Title Annabel Lee. A Ballad (U.M.). "She" and "I" are interchanged in the Tribune, P.P.A., and 1850. 15 by night: chilling (Tribune, U.M., P.P.A., 1850). 16 Chilling my: My beautiful (Tribune, U. M., P.P.A., 1850). 17 kinsmen: kinsman (U.M., 1850). That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of many far wiser than we And neither the angels in Heaven above 25 30 Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: : For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 35 40 (1849) 25 chilling: by night (Tribune, U.M., P.P.A., 1850). 26 And: Chilling and (Tribune, U.M., P.P.A., 1850). 36 see: feel (Tribune, U.M., P.P.A., 1850). 40 her: the (1850). 41 side of the sounding (Tribune, U.M., P.P.A., 1850). UNCOLLECTED VERSES ELIZABETH Elizabeth, it surely is most fit [Logic and common usage so commanding] And I have other reasons for so doing The muses thro' their bowers of Truth or Fiction, Read nothing, written less - in short 's a fool Called — I forget the heathenish Greek name [Called anything, its meaning is the same] Always write first things uppermost in the heart." AN ACROSTIC Elizabeth, it is in vain you say, "Love not " - thou sayest it in so sweet a way. In vain those words from thee or L. E. L., To cure his love, was cured of all beside. His folly pride and passion-for he died. 136 SERENADE So sweet the hour, so calm the time, I feel it more than half a crime, When Nature sleeps and stars are mute, To mar the silence ev'n with lute. At rest on ocean's brilliant dyes Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven, Am redolent of thee and thine But list, O list, so soft and low Thy lover's voice tonight shall flow, That, scarce awake, thy soul shall deem Our thoughts, our souls-O God above! 5 10 15 20 25 5 dyes: dies (B.S.V.). 18 dying: lying (B.S.V.). |