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... A Minimum Course in Rhetoric - Página 335por Henry Copp Edgar - 1922 - 450 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 páginas
...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...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 páginas
...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 to roam, Thy hyacinth...classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the beauty of fair Greece, And the grandeur of old Rome. Lo ! in that little window-niche How statue-like... | |
| 1850 - 772 páginas
...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, Thy Naiad airs hare brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 páginas
...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...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 páginas
...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... | |
| 1861 - 378 páginas
...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... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 páginas
...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...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 páginas
...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...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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