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... Interpretations of Literature - Page 124by Lafcadio Hearn - 1915Full view - About this book
| Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 pages
...hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs, have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, To the grandeur that was Rome. Lo ! in yon brilliant...! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! [Craven Scholarships, 1885.] Critical Payer. 1. Write critical notes on the text of the following... | |
| 1850 - 772 pages
...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...Ah ! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! He wrote for newspapers, compiled and translated for booksellers, made up brilliant article* for... | |
| 1835 - 842 pages
...of old Rome. Lo ! in that little window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand ! The folded scroll within thy hand — Ah ! Psyche from the regions which Are Holy land! EA p. ON THE POETRY OF BURNS* BY JAMES F. OTIS. If we take the different definitions of the term "... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...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 lamp within...Ah ! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land." There is a confused and misty classic reminiscence about these lines which shows the poetical mind... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...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 lamp within...Ah ! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land." There is a confused and misty classic reminiscence about these lines which shows the poetical mind... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...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, o'er a perfumed sea, The...hand, Ah! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! It ie the tendency of the young poet that impresses us. Here is no "withering scorn," no heart "... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...think His spirit is communing 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...thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-Land ! London : — Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St. Leicester 1 y ... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1853 - 776 pages
...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 grandeur...thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-land ! The present volume is a neat and well-printed edition of the collected poems of this strange... | |
| 1853 - 782 pages
...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...thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-land ! The present volume is a neat and well-printed edition of the collected poems of this strange... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...was Greece, And the grandeur that was Some. 205 Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche How statue -like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are holy-land ! NOTES TO AL AAEAAF. NOTES. Note a, page 149. Al Aaraaf. A star was discovered by Tycho... | |
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