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.
To F–S S. O–D
Analysis, meaning and summary of Edgar Allan Poe's poem To F–S S. O–D
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This was the first time I had ever read this poem. I think is is very different from a lot of the writings I have read by Poe. I do like it though.