TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs... The Blue Poetry Book - Page 130edited by - 1896 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 842 pages
...foot race — a wreath whir.li it is evident he must obtain at the celebration of the next Olympiad. TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfum'd sea, The weary wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont... | |
| 1836 - 802 pages
...TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Niccan barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfum'd sea, The weary wayworn wanderer bore To his own native...desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, tliy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me homo To the beauty of fair Greece, And the grandeur... | |
| Electronic journals - 1914 - 650 pages
...and contains the familiar quotation about the ;lory of Greece and grandeur of Rome. It logins : — Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks...weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. What is the reference here ? So far as I am aware, no commentator — Poe or another — has supplied... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...following lines were written two years previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, Like those...have brought me home) To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
...previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, Liks those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed...have brought me home, To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn...have brought me home, To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
| Literature - 1850 - 824 pages
...graceful simplicity will compare with the best things in the Greek Anthology. Helen, thy beauty ¡я to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently,...perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To hi» own native shore. On desperate веаэ long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,... | |
| Women's periodicals, English - 1861 - 378 pages
...that is beautiful, is a verse from a little poem which is a gem of the most polished loveliness. " On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs hare brought me home, To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome." Can anything more... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...written by him— By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with an angel's. TO HELEN. HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...such as few poets ever attain. There is a smack of ambrosia about it. -y TO HE1EN. Helen, thy beamy is to me . Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently,...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand... | |
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