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  1. Nicaean
    of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
    To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe
    Helen, thy beauty is to me
    Like those Nicaean barks of yore
    That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
    The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
    To his own native shore.
  2. naiad
    a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
    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.
  3. agate
    an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony
    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!
  4. Psyche
    (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
    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!
  5. hyacinth
    any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
    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.
  6. yore
    time long past
    To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe
    Helen, thy beauty is to me
    Like those Nicaean barks of yore
    That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
    The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
    To his own native shore.
  7. niche
    a small concavity
    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!
  8. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
    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.
  9. wont
    an established custom
    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.
  10. bark
    the sound made by a dog
    To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe
    Helen, thy beauty is to me
    Like those Nicaean barks of yore
    That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
    The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
    To his own native shore.
Created on Wed Dec 09 13:35:28 EST 2009

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