 | Oxford univ, exam. papers, scholarships - 122 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | 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...statue-like I see thee stand The agate lamp within thy hand ! — Ah ! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! He wrote for newspapers, compiled and translated... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...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 to roam,...classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the beauty of fair tireeee And the srandeur of old Rome. Lo ! in that little window-niche How statue-like... | |
 | Literature - 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...in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see tliee stand The agate lamp within thy hand ! — Ah ! Psyche, from the region« which Are Holy Land!... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...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,...statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-Land ! London : — Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...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,...I see thee stand ! The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land ! It ie the tendency of the young poet that impresses... | |
 | 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...statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand ! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-land ! The present volume is a neat and well-printed... | |
 | Idler - English literature - 1856 - 386 pages
...glory of regalleat Home." But unfortunately for Mr. Massey's originality, Edgar Foe long since said — "On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth...brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome." A. Lyric of Love, at page 98, commences — "The lark that nestles nearest... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...Nlcean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea. The wenry, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam....that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo 1 in yon brUlinnt window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand! The sgute lump within thy hand. Ah!... | |
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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... 
