 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 Dublin university magazine - Página 581por University magazine - 1877Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1889 - 552 páginas
...seems to be that the surname Nice (victory) was sometimes given to Athene, the protectress of Odysseus. That gently o'er a perfumed sea The weary, way-worn...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,... | |
 | 1906 - 554 páginas
...and thus forms a genuine national literature. TO 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. — £. A. Poe. A COMMON THOUGHT Somewhere on this earthly planet, In the dust of flowers to be, In... | |
 | William J. Scott - 1889 - 232 páginas
...Poe's earliest and one of his latest Poems. 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 boreTo his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,... | |
 | 1890 - 40 páginas
...shall I be stretched at yours ! TO HELEN. EDGAR ALLAN POE. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea. The...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 ! The agate... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 páginas
...mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat ! To HELEN. HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The...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, The agate... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 298 páginas
...rose On my ancestral tree. EDGAR ALLAN POE. To HELEN. HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The...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, The agate... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 384 páginas
...moment, with a bough Of wilding in his hand. TO HELEN HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The...have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, To the grandeur that was Bome. Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche, How statue-like I see thee stand,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 páginas
...rose On my ancestral tree. EDGAK ALLAN FOB. To HELKN. 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 Ms own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy... | |
 | 1898 - 560 páginas
...storm-shaken shallop of our poet is momentarily lulled and caressed. In his verses "To Helen" he sings: On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth...brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Although this poem was written when Poe was only fourteen, the fact of its... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1893 - 1028 páginas
..." : Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nice'an barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sen, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native...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, The agate... | |
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