 | 1835 - 842 Seiten
...foot race — a wreath whir.li it is evident he must obtain at the celebration of the next Olympiad. TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is 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. On desperate seas long wont... | |
 | 1850 - 772 Seiten
...will compare with the best things in the Greek Anthology. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Niecan barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore Tu hi» own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic lace,... | |
 | 1836 - 802 Seiten
...TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Niccan barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfum'd sea, The weary wayworn wanderer bore To his own native...desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, tliy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me homo To the beauty of fair Greece, And the grandeur... | |
 | 1914 - 650 Seiten
...and contains the familiar quotation about the ;lory of Greece and grandeur of Rome. It logins : — Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks...weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. What is the reference here ? So far as I am aware, no commentator — Poe or another — has supplied... | |
 | 1850 - 824 Seiten
...graceful simplicity will compare with the best things in the Greek Anthology. Helen, thy beauty ¡я to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently,...perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To hi» own native shore. On desperate веаэ long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,... | |
 | 1861 - 378 Seiten
...that is beautiful, is a verse from a little poem which is a gem of the most polished loveliness. " On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs hare brought me home, To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome." Can anything more... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 776 Seiten
...unqualified praise which his biographer awards it. TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicéan barks of yore, That gently o'er a perfumed sea, The...On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth air, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have ЬгоицМ me home To the glory that was Greece, And the... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1857 - 614 Seiten
...the beauty of Greece, fJu grand And the glory of regallcst Rome which is not an improvement upon *' On desperate seas long wont to roam. Thy hyacinth...hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me homei To tke glory that vas Greece, And the grandeur that vas Awnir. ' But aw a qualification to our... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 Seiten
...eommuning with an angel's. *& - TO HELEN. ELEN, thy beauty is to rao Like those Nieeau barks of yove That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary way-worn...native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyaeinth hair, thy elassie faee, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greeee,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 Seiten
...he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with a'n angel's. TO HELEN. ELEN, thy heauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary way-worn wanderer hore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,... | |
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On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs, have brought me home To the Glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. 
