TO JULIA MARLOWE (READING KEATS' ODE ON A GRECIAN URN) by HENRY VAN DYKE
First Line: LONG HAD I LOVED THIS 'ATTIC SHAPE,'THE BREDE Last Line: THE EMPTY URN WAS FILLED WITH CHIAN WINE. Subject(s): GREECE; KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821); MARLOWE, JULIA (1866-1950); POETRY & POETS; GREEKS;
LONG had I loved this "Attic shape," the brede Of marble maidens round this urn divine: But when your golden voice began to read, The empty urn was filled with Chian wine.