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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO F---S S. O---D, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou wouldst be loved? - then let thy heart Last Line: And love -- a simple duty. Variant Title(s): A Simple Duty Subject(s): Osgood, Frances Sargent (1811-1850) | |||
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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STANZAS (TO F.S.O.) by EDGAR ALLAN POE A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM by EDGAR ALLAN POE ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE BRIDAL BALLAD by EDGAR ALLAN POE CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE EULALIE; A SONG by EDGAR ALLAN POE |
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