Text: Edgar Allan Poe (ed. Killis Campbell), “To the River —,” The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Ginn and Company, 1917, pp. 51-52

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TO THE RIVER ——.

Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow

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Of crystal, wandering water,

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Thou art an emblem of the glow

Of beauty — the unhidden heart —

The playful maziness of art

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In old Alberto's daughter; [page 52:]

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But when within thy wave she looks —

Which glistens then, and trembles —

Why, then, the prettiest of brooks

Her worshipper resembles;

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For in his heart, as in thy stream,

Her image deeply lies —

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His heart which trembles at the beam

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Of her soul-searching eyes.

(1829)

[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 51:]

2 crystal, wandering: labyrinth-like (1829, B. G. M.).

[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 52:]

11 his: my (1829, B.G. M.)

13 His: The (1829, B. G. M., B.J.).

14 Of her soul-searching: The scrutiny of her (1829, B. G. M.).

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Notes:

None.

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