1835-07

To Mary — 1835-07 Messenger text

Read To Mary in a locally preserved historical transcription. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636. This is the early poem later retitled To Frances, distinct from To F—s S. O—d. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

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New-only intake checked against existing titles, source identities and file fingerprints. Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636. This is the early poem later retitled To Frances, distinct from To F—s S. O—d. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

Original publication: To Mary
Date: 1835-07
Credits: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Southern Literary Messenger
Published in: Richmond, Virginia
Reference collection: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (historical periodical transcription)

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Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636. This is the early poem later retitled To Frances, distinct from To F—s S. O—d. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted.

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To Mary Historical poem text from Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636. This is the early poem later retitled To Frances, distinct from To F—s S. O—d. Verse-line boundaries are retained with simplified typography. The record supplies a local electronic reading, not a magazine-page scan. Modern website commentary is omitted. For the Southern Literary Messenger. TO MARY. Mary, amid the cares — the woes Crowding around my earthly path, (Sad path, alas! where grows Not ev’n one lonely rose,) My soul at least a solace hath In dreams of thee, and therein knows An Eden of sweet repose. And thus thy memory is to me Like some enchanted far-off isle, In some tumultuous sea — Some lake beset as lake can be With storms — but where, meanwhile, Serenest skies continually Just o'er that one bright island smile. E. A. P.

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Southern Literary Messenger. “To Mary — 1835-07 Messenger text.” 1835-07. To Mary. Crypt of Echoes evidence ID LED-2026-2a71f62318c547ef9a64cc118e8d1149. https://cryptofechoes.com/evidence/LED-2026-2a71f62318c547ef9a64cc118e8d1149. Accessed [date].

Catalogue citation: Edgar Allan Poe. To Mary. Southern Literary Messenger, July 1835, volume I, page 636.

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