A Valentine----by Edgar Allan Poe

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I like the poem by Allan Poe, which sounds rhythmic when reading it. The most famous poem by him is The Raven. But it is a somehow gloomy one.  As closing to the Valentine's Day, I posted 'A Valentine' here, which is really an elaborately designed work.

A Valentine
by Edgar Allan Poe

[B]F[/B]or her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
    B[B]R[/B]ightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
Sh[B]A[/B]ll find her own sweet name, that nestling lies
    Uupo[B]N[/B] the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Sear[B]C[/B]h narrowly the lines!— they hold a treasure
    Divin[B]E[/B]— a talisman— an amulet
That mu[B]S[/B]t be worn at heart. Search well the measure—
   
The word[B]S[/B]— the syllables! Do not forget
The trivi[B]A[/B]lest point, or you may lose your labor
    And yet the[B]R[/B]e is in this no Gordian knot
Which one mi[B]G[/B]ht not undo without a sabre,
    If one could m[B]E[/B]rely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upo[B]N[/B] the leaf where now are peering
    Eyes scintilla[B]T[/B]ing soul, there lie perdus

Three eloquent w[B]O[/B]rds oft uttered in the hearing
    Of poets, by poets— a[B]S[/B] the name is a poet's, too,
Its letters, althou[B]G[/B]h naturally lying
    Like the knight Pint[B]O[/B]— Mendez Ferdinando—
Still form a synonym f[B]O[/B]r Truth— Cease trying!
    You will not read the ri[B]D[/B]dle,
       though you do the best you can do.


-The End-


[This valentine was written for Frances Sargent Osgood. Mrs. Osgood's full name is spelled with one letter on each line, the first letter of the first line ("F"), the second letter of the second line ("r"), the third letter of the third line ("a"), etc. In the original version, Poe accidentally mispelled her middle name as "Sergeant," here corrected. ]

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beautiful~