Love Poems

To One in Paradise


Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine--
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers
And all the flowers were mine.

Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
On! on!-- but o'er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast!

For, alas! alas! with me
The light of Life is o'er!
'No more-- no more-- no more--'
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar!

And all my days are trances
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye glances
And where thy footstep gleams--
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.
Edgar Allen Poe
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Parul
Name: Ronie2014-05-22
Parul I am so touched by the cocenpt of soul mate .I really believe in finding mine no matter how many times I have been hurt and have been heart broken after falling in love. But I am sure you book will be a ray of hope in this darkness that love does exists and it may take sometime but will will definitely find the one who was made or born to unite with you. Can't wait to read your book soon Tina Love You loads Parul
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