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... Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tchaïkowsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss ... - Seite 197von James Huneker - 1899 - 318 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 Seiten
...blossoms where they fell, And sown the earth with flowers. 3. Translate into Latin Lyrics. To HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks...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,... | |
| 1872 - 676 Seiten
...(4th S. x. 49.) — HAB probably refers to the following, which occur in Helen, a poem by EA Poe : — "To the glory that "was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome." I quote from memory as I do not have Poe's works beside me, but I think I have given the lines correctly.... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 Seiten
...lines were written two years previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, Like those Nicean barks...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... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 Seiten
...previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, Liks 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. " Lo ! in yon brilliant window niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 Seiten
...previous ; they exhibit great promise for a boy of thirteen. "TO HELEN. " Helen, thy beauty is to me, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn...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... | |
| 1850 - 824 Seiten
...o'er a 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...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 tliee stand The agate... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 Seiten
...Charlottes ville — noted for " intemperance " and " other vices," — writes about a girl : — TO HELEN. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks...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... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 Seiten
...such as few poets ever attain. There is a smack of ambrosia about it. -y TO HE1EN. Helen, thy beamy is to me . Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently,...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... | |
| 1853 - 782 Seiten
...way-worn wanderer bore, To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth air, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Home. Lo ! in yon brilliant window-niche, How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 Seiten
...language, here and there condensed into a majestic roll of words, such as in the three following lines: " Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome" — a strange union of dreamy with sculpturesque ideas and descriptions, seldom... | |
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