 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 108edited by - 1891 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - Art - 1894 - 314 pages
...Wingatc Rinder's Introduction to her recently published delightful anthology of Poems of Nature. " Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks...weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1895 - 372 pages
...deep blush would come, o'er thee, Though happiness around thee lay, The world all love before thee. TO HELEN. HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the j/randeur that was Rome. LIEE THOSE NICEAN BARES OF YORELo ! in yon brilliant window-niche... | |
 | Louise Manly - American liteature - 1895 - 564 pages
...self -consciousness could have allowed him to omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. 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!... | |
 | Louise Manly - American literature - 1895 - 554 pages
...self-consciousness could .have allowed him to omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. 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!... | |
 | Louise Manly - American liteature - 1895 - 540 pages
...self-consciousness could have allowed him to omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. 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 s'atue-like I see thee stand!... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1895 - 308 pages
...avenging Heaven ! Ill INVOCATIONS INVOCATIONS TO HELEN HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicsean barks of yore. That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The...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, George Edward Woodberry - American literature - 1895 - 412 pages
...There is a smack of ambrosia about it. 'TO HELEN % ' Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicaean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. ' Lo I in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
 | Louise Manly - American liteature - 1895 - 542 pages
...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...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche How s'atue-like I see thee stand... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 532 pages
...river, Through the pale door A hideous throng rush out forever And laugh — but smile no more. 755 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 468 pages
...as you came, For to find fault with Hebe would forfeit my name. KARL op DE LA WARRE. HELEN. LJ ELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore,...hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me hom* To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche... | |
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