To Helen Poem by Edgar Allan Poe

To Helen

Rating: 3.6


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 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 see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michaela Busenbark 11 November 2008

So true on what Hitsugaya Kenpachi. Alot of Edgar Allen Poe's work uses greek mythology. Like in the poem 'The Raven' He says the bird sat on top of the bust of Pallis. Pallis was a greek god of Anthea which meant wisdom. He uses such complex details in the simplest manners.

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Hitsugaya Kenpachi 03 January 2008

Good poem. Although you need to know some Greek mythology to understand it. Odyseus, the wayworn wanderer. Helen of Troy. Psyche, wife of Eros (Cupid) .

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Frank Avon 03 September 2014

Poe's best, I think. With two of the most quotable lines in all of poetry: To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.

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Phanice Wamukota 10 July 2015

Poe is one amazing poet. He never dissapoints. Well, at least this far.

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Folorunso Oladipo Daniel 26 December 2015

..... nice composed and analytically read.......

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Maddy 16 May 2018

Be moar repectfullll

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Maddy 16 May 2018

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Maddy 16 May 2018

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Huehuedonkey 16 May 2018

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The yolande Vincent 23 December 2017

The delivery reciting of this beautiful poem is wrong Too harsh

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