To F--s S. O--d - Edgar Allan Poe

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Seems Poe liked to recycle his works Here are several versions of the same poem, written, apparently for different women.

1835
To F—s S. O—d
by Edgar Allan Poe

Thou wouldst be loved?— then let thy heart
     From its present pathway part not!
Being everything which now thou art,
     Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways,
     Thy grace, thy more than beauty,
Shall be an endless theme of praise,
     And love- a simple duty.

-The End-

Note: ["F—s S. O—d" is Frances Sargent Osgood.]
(note from http://www.eapoe.org/)

To Elizabeth
Would'st thou be loved? — then let thy heart
From its present pathway part not —
Be every thing which now thou art
And nothing which thou art not:

So with the world thy gentle ways,
And unassuming beauty
Shall be a constant theme of praise,
And love — a duty.

-The End-

Note: [Elizabeth was Elizabeth Rebecca Herring,
Poe's cousin. This poem was written in her album by Poe,
probably about 1833.] (note from http://www.eapoe.org/)

Lines Written in an Album.
Southern Literary Messenger, September 1835

Eliza! — let thy generous heart
     From its present pathway part not!
Being every thing which now thou art,
     Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways,
     Thy unassuming beauty,
And truth shall be a theme of praise,
     Forever — and love a duty.

-The End-

Note: [Eliza was Eliza White, the daughter of Thomas
W. White, owner of the Southern Literary Messenger.]
(note from http://www.eapoe.org/)

To —
Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, August 1839

Fair maiden, let thy generous heart
    From its present pathway part not!
Being every thing which now thou art,
    Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways,
    Thy unassuming beauty,
Thy truth — shall be a theme of praise,
    Forever — and love a duty.

-The End-