 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 Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review - Stran 1031889Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 strani
...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,... | |
 | 1835 - 842 strani
...— 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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 strani
...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...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... | |
 | 1850 - 824 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
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