Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems/3. To ——

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To —— (Poe, 1829) by Edgar Allan Poe

3. TO—— 1 The bowers whereat, in dreams, I see  The wantonest singing birds Are lips—and all thy melody  Of lip-begotten words — 2 Thine eyes, in Heaven of heart enshrin'd  Then desolately fall, O! God! on my funereal mind  Like starlight on a pall — 3 Thy heart—thy heart!—I wake and sigh,  And sleep to dream till day Of truth that gold can never buy—  Of the trifles that it may.