Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | | Greece: Zacynthus (Zante) | | To Zante | | Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) |
| | | 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 d’oro! Fior di Levante!” | | | | |
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