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... American Poems (1625-1892) - Page 211edited by - 1912 - 669 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 pages
...HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore....have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, To the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche, How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
| 1850 - 772 pages
...shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic lace, Thy Naiad airs hare brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the...Ah ! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! He wrote for newspapers, compiled and translated for booksellers, made up brilliant article* for... | |
| 1835 - 842 pages
...Helen, thy beauty if? 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....classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the beauty of fair tireeee And the srandeur of old Rome. Lo ! in that little window-niche How statue-like... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore, To his own native shore....the grandeur that was Rome. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah ! Psyche, from the... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...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,...the grandeur that was Rome. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah ! Psyche, from the... | |
| 1850 - 824 pages
...o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To hi» own native shore. On desperate âåàý long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic...in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see tliee stand The agate lamp within thy hand ! — Ah ! Psyche, from the region« which Are Holy Land!... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...Helen, thy beamy 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....hand, Ah! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! It ie the tendency of the young poet that impresses us. Here is no "withering scorn," no heart "... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...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....thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-Land ! London : — Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St. Leicester 1 y ... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 776 pages
...desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth air, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have ÜãîèöÌ me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur...thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-land ! The present volume is a neat and well-printed edition of the collected poems of this strange... | |
| Idler - 1856 - 386 pages
...glory of regalleat Home." But unfortunately for Mr. Massey's originality, Edgar Foe long since said — "On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth...brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome." A. Lyric of Love, at page 98, commences — "The lark that nestles nearest... | |
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