...liberty. WILLIAM BLAKE. TO HELEN. (Written at the age of fourteen.) HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently o'er a perfumed...And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see stand! The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah! Psyche from the region...

...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,...

...one people, 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...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...

...append one of 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,...

...How soon 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...And 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...

...century no 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...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...

...sad ungathered 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...the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand 1 Ah 1 Psyche, from the...

...ungathered rose On my ancestral tree. BDGAH AT.T.ATT FOE. To HELEN. HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed...that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo 1 in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand 1...

...that moment, with a bough Of wilding in his hand. WORDSWORTH. TO HELEN HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore That gently, o'er a perfumed...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,...

...sad ungathered 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...