"An Acrostic" by Edgar Allan Poe

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The picture used is of Poe's cousin, Elizabeth Rebecca Herring.

Elizabeth it is in vain you say
"Love not"-thou sayest it in so sweet a way:
In vain those words from thee or L.E.L.
Zantippe’s talents had enforced so well:
Ah! if that language from thy heart arise,
Breathe it less gently forth-and veil thine eyes.
Endymion, recollect, when Luna tried
To cure his love-was cured of all beside-
His folly-pride-and passion-for he died.