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Text: Edgar Allan Poe, "Eulalie" (D), "Colton" manuscript, 1845




Eulalie — A Song.

By Edgar A. Poe.
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                 I dwelt alone
                 In a world of moan,
And my soul was a stagnant tide,
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride —
Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride.

                 Ah, less — less bright
                 The stars of the night
Than the eyes of the radiant girl,
                 And never a flake
                 That the vapor can make
With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,
Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl —
Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless curl.

                 Now Doubt — now Pain —
                 Come never again,
For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,
                 While all day long
                 Shines, bright and strong,
Astarté within the sky,
And ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye —
And ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.








Notes:

This manuscript was given by Arthur Willis Colton to the Graduate Club Association of New Haven (CT). A. W. Colton was the nephew of George Hooker Colton, editor of the American Review. It shows folds which indicate that it was mailed, presumably along with a letter from Poe. As such, it is probably the manuscript from which the American Review text was printed. It matches that text except for three features: 1) the indentation of lines 2) the word "morn-tint" in place of "moon-tint" in line 11 (which may be a  typographical error), and 3) an em-dash at the end of line 14. The manuscript is currently in a private collection.





 
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