The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2/To F——s S. O——d

 

TO F——s S. O——d.

 

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Thou wouldst be loved?—then let thy heart
⁠From its present pathway part not!
Being everything which now thou art,
⁠Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways,
⁠Thy grace, thy more than beauty,
Shall be an endless theme of praise,
⁠And love—a simple duty.