The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, with original memoir. Illustrated by F. R. Pickersgill, R.A., John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darlay [and others]

AL AARAAF.
As ill those gardens where the day
Springs from the gems of Circassy —
O! nothing earthly save the thrill
Of melody in woodland rillOr (music of the passion-hearted)
Joy's voice so peacefully departed
That, like the murmur in the shell,
Its echo dwelleth and will dwellOh, nothing of the dross of oursYet all the beauty-all the flowers
That list our Love, and deck our bowers —
Adorn yon world afar, afarThe wandering star.'T was a sweet time for Nesace-for there
Her world lay lolling on the golden air,
Near four bright suns-a temporary restAn oasis in desert of the blest.
Away —away —'mid seas of rays that roll.
Empyrean splendour o'er th' unchained soul —
The soul that scares (the billows are so dense)
Can struggle to its destined eminenceTo distant spheres, from time to time, she rode,
And late to ours, the fhvoured one of GodBut, now, the ruler of an anchored realml,
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