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 have... Notes and Queries - Sida 4261914Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 sidor
...into Latin Lyrics. To HELEN. 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 his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs, have brought... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 sidor
...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 wanderer bore, To his own native shore. " On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 sidor
...of thirteen. "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 have brought... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 sidor
...with an angel's. 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 have brought... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 776 sidor
...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 weary 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 ЬгоицМ... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 sidor
...ambrosia about it. -y TO HE1EN. Helen, thy beamy 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 have brought... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 sidor
...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 wanderer bore To hi.s own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyaeinth hair, thy elassie faee, Thy Naiad airs have brought... | |
| Sarah Helen Whitman - 1860 - 96 sidor
...poems we give them here. " 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 his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 sidor
...of his poetical achievement. 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 have brought... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 398 sidor
...radiant sonnet by Edgar Poe : 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 have brought... | |
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