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Her every tone is music's own,
Like those of morning birds,
And something more than melody
Dwells ever in her words.

Edward Coote Pinkney

Look out upon the stars, my love,
And shame them with thine eyes.

Edward Coote Pinkney

The winds are awed, nor dare to breathe aloud;
The air seems never to have borne a cloud,
Save where volcanoes send to heav'n their curl'd
And solemn smokes, like altars of the world.

Edward Coote Pinkney

The sportive hopes that used to chase their shifting shadows on,
Like children playing in the sun, are gone—for ever gone;
And on a careless, sullen peace, my double-fronted mind,
Like Janus, when his gates are shut, looks forward and behind. Apollo placed his harp, of old, awhile upon a stone,
Which has resounded since, when struck, a breaking harp string's tone;
And thus my heart, though wholly now from early softness free,
If touch'd, will yield the music yet, it first received of thee.

Edward Coote Pinkney

I fill this cup to one made up
Of loveliness alone,
A woman, of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon;
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
A form so fair, that, like the air,
'Tis less of earth than heaven.

Edward Coote Pinkney

Edward Coote Pinkney

Edward Coote Pinkney

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Born: October 1, 1802

Died: April 11, 1828 (aged 25)

Bio: Edward Coote Pinkney was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802, Pinkney made his way to Maryland.

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