Poe's Enchanted Garden
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Poe's Enchanted Garden
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Enchanted Garden was completed by 1922 as a memorial to Edgar Allan Poe. It was inspired by his poem, “To One in Paradise.”
“Thou wast all that to me, love,
For which my soul did pine –
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.”
The Shrine at the back of the Enchanted Garden was built from the bricks and granite salvaged from the Southern Literary Messenger office building; it is the magazine where Poe began his career in journalism.
The garden is located in Richmond, Virginia, at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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February 7th, 2020
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