Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 187679. | | Greece: Zacynthus (Zante) | To Zante | Edgar Allan Poe (18091849) |
| FAIR isle, that from the fairest of all flowers, | |
Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take! | |
How many memories of what radiant hours | |
At sight of thee and thine at once awake! | |
How many scenes of what departed bliss! | 5 |
How many thoughts of what entombéd hopes! | |
How many visions of a maiden that is | |
No more,no more upon thy verdant slopes! | |
No more! alas, that magical, sad sound | |
Transforming all! Thy charms shall please no more, | 10 |
Thy memory no more! Accurséd ground | |
Henceforth I hold thy flower-enamelled shore, | |
O hyacinthine isle! O purple Zante! | |
Isola doro! Fior di Levante! | | | |
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