Edgar Allan Poe – Beloved Physician

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“The pulse beats ten and intermits;
God nerve the soul that ne’er forgets
In calm or storm, by night or day,
Its steady toil, its loyalty.“
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“Beloved Physician“ is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe wrote the poem for Marie Louise Shew but it was never printed and was subsequently lost. The fragments of the poem were based on Shew’s memory and recorded in a letter to John H. Ingram.

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Beloved Physician
by
Edgar Allan Poe

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The pulse beats ten and intermits;
God nerve the soul that ne’er forgets
In calm or storm, by night or day,
Its steady toil, its loyalty.
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The pulse beats ten and intermits;
God shield the soul that ne’er forgets.
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The pulse beats ten and intermits;
God guide the soul that ne’er forgets.
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[. . .] so tired, so weary,
The soft head bows, the sweet eyes close,
The faithful heart yields to repose.