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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE BUST OF HELEN BY CANOVA, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet's Biography
First Line: In this beloved marble view
Last Line: Behold the helen of the heart!
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Helen Of Troy; Mythology - Classical; Sculpture & Sculptors
First Line: In this beloved marble view
Last Line: Behold the helen of the heart!
Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron
Subject(s): Helen Of Troy; Mythology - Classical; Sculpture & Sculptors
IN this beloved marble view
Above the works and thoughts of Man,
What Nature could, but would not, do,
And Beauty and Canova can!
Beyond Imagination's power,
Beyond the Bard's defeated art,
With Immortality her dower,
Behold the Helen of the heart!
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AT THE MUSEE RODIN IN PARIS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR
THE PARALLAX MONOGRAPH FOR RODIN by NORMAN DUBIE
THE SAINTS OF NEGATIVITY; FOR ERMA POUNDS by NORMAN DUBIE
A ROGERS GROUP by ROBERT FROST
ON A HORSE CARVED IN WOOD by DONALD HALL
JADE MOTHER GODDESS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA
IN GALLERIES by RANDALL JARRELL