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yes, heaven is thine
Posted by: tommy d (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: November 06, 2021 01:43PM

need help finding poem with lines "yes, heaven is thine but, ours is a world of sweets and sours. our flowers are merely flowers. and the shadow of thy perfect bliss is the sunshine of ours"


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Heaven is thine
Posted by: Henry (195.8.171.---)
Date: November 06, 2021 01:52PM

From "Israfel" Poems, 1831
Israfel by Edgar Allan Poe

VII.

Yes, Heaven is thine: but this
Is a world of sweets and sours:
Our flowers are merely — flowers,
And the shadow of thy bliss
Is the sunshine of ours.

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