 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...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 6111925Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1839 - 372 pages
...living to this day. JMS Dayton, March 18, 1839. TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. ВТ Ж. -A. 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 wreath'd around about with flowers — And the flowers, they all were mine. But the dream, it could... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 688 pages
...characters of my acquaintance, that I had some difficulty in recognising it as his own. Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrinu, All wreathed around about with flowers ; And the flowers — they all were mine. But the dream... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...difficulty in recognising it as his own. Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did piue — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed around about with flowers ; Aud the flowers — they all were mine. But the dream — it could not... | |
 | American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...and the form That came to his breast like a dove TO IANTHE IN HEAVEN. nY BA FOE. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine— A green...the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine All wreathed around about with flower*And the flowers, they all were mine. But the dream, it could not last ; And... | |
 | 1893 - 840 pages
...Helen ! Did I use to call her Miss Cave ? Former state of being, all that. Sandy desert, life was ! ' A green isle in the sea, love, a fountain, and a shrine ! ' Who says that ? Fancy getting a new start alongside of a sinless creature like that, who believes... | |
 | Literature - 1853 - 842 pages
...verses, which doubtless many of our readers can repeat from memory, are as follows — Thou wast that all to me, love. For which my soul did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and n shrine, All wreathed wilh fairy fruits and flowers: And all the flowers were mine. Ah, dream too... | |
 | Women's periodicals, English - 1861 - 378 pages
...poem) which conveys so perfect an idea of the constitution of his mind is this — " Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine : A green...All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine." To what shall his poetry be compared ? To the chime of his own musical " Bells... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...the love of my Annie — M'ilh the thought of the light Of the eyes of my Annie. TO ONE IN PARADISE. THOU wast all that to me, love, For which my soul...isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreath'd with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. Ah. dream too bright to last... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...an endless theme of praise, • And love — a simple duty. TO ONE IN PARADISE. THOU wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green...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... | |
 | 1853 - 774 pages
...explicitly expressed in the following lyric than elsewhere : — " TO ONE IN PARADISE. " Thou wast that all to me, love, For which my soul did pine — A green...All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers ; And all the flowers were mine. " Ah, dream too bright to last ! Ah, starry hope ! that didst nrise But to be... | |
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