To Helen (1831)

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

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Year Published: 1903
Language: English
Country of Origin: United States of America
Source: Poe, E.A. (1903). The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition, Volume 5. New York: P. F. Collier and Son.

Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 1.3
Word Count: 174

Genre: Poetry
Keywords: affection, friendship, honor
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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 me home
         To the glory that was Greece,
     And the grandeur that was Rome.

     Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
         How statue-like I me thee stand,
     The agate lamp within thy hand!
         Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
         Are Holy-land!