Eulalie - A Song 
by Edgar Allan Poe
I dwelt alone  
In a world of moan,  
And my soul was a stagnant tide,  
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride--  
Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my smiling bride. 
 
Ah, less--less bright  
The stars of night  
Than the eyes of the radiant girl!  
And never a flake  
That the vapor can make  
With the moon-tints of purple and pearl,  
Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl--  
Can compare with the bright-eyed  
Eulalie's most humble and careless curl. 
 
Now Doubt--now Pain  
Come never again,  
For her soul gives me sigh for sigh,  
And all day long  
Shines, bright and strong,  
Astarte within the sky,  
While ever to her dear Eulalie upturns her matron eye--  
While ever to her young Eulalie upturns her violet eye.
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