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" 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 Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With a Memoir - Page ix
by Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857
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Dean Ireland scholarship [and] Craven scholarship [afterw.] Ireland and ...

Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 pages
...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...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,...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2

1835 - 842 pages
...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...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...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 16

1850 - 772 pages
...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, Thy Naiad airs hare brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome....
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 2

1836 - 802 pages
...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 shore. On...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...
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The Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...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. "...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 thy hand,...
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The Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...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, "...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 thy hand,...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 16

1850 - 824 pages
...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...that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see tliee stand The agate lamp within thy hand ! —...
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The Ladies' Companion

1861 - 378 pages
...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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The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe with a notice by J. Hannay

Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...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...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 thy hand !...
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Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 20

1853 - 782 pages
...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...
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