 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 Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Página 114por Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 páginas
...matchless dignity, Yield to Samela. — ROBERT GREENE. 20. 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... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1894 - 314 páginas
...to her recently published delightful anthology of Poems of Nature. " 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. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 540 páginas
...omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. TO HELEN. 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 s'atue-like I see thee stand! The agate lamp within thy hand. Ah! Psyche, from the... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 554 páginas
...omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. 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... | |
 | Louise Manly - 1895 - 564 páginas
...omit the last stanza, it would have been without a flaw. TO HELEN. 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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1895 - 308 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, George Edward Woodberry - 1895 - 412 páginas
...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...that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. ' Lo I in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand 1... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...stone. EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, (1892-1950) US poet. "Euclid Alone Has 7 Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed...brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. EDGAR ALLAN POE, (1809-1845) US poet, critic, short-story writer. "To Helen,"... | |
 | Aileen M. Carroll - 1997 - 124 páginas
...allusions. PART I WORKSHEET 4 LEARNING TO READ THE LANGUAGE OF ALLUSION 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. —from Edgar Allan Poe's To Helen" (Nicean - Greek; baric - sailing ship) Poe wrote this poem for... | |
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