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Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse
Contents:
641. To Helene
On a Gift-ring carelessly lost
I SENT a ring—a little band
Of emerald and ruby stone,
And bade it, sparkling on thy hand,
Tell thee sweet tales of one
Whose constant memory
Was full of loveliness, and thee.
A shell was graven on its gold,—
’Twas Cupid fix’d without his wings—
To Helene once it would have told
More than was ever told by rings:
But now all ’s past and gone,
Her love is buried with that stone.
Thou shalt not see the tears that start
From eyes by thoughts like these beguiled;
Thou shalt not know the beating heart,
Ever a victim and a child:
Yet Helene, love, believe
The heart that never could deceive.
I’ll hear thy voice of melody
In the sweet whispers of the air;
I’ll see the brightness of thine eye
In the blue evening’s dewy star;
In crystal streams thy purity;
And look on Heaven to look on thee.
George Darley. 1795-1846
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Chicago: Unknown, "641. To Helene on a Gift-Ring Carelessly Lost," Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HEG1XBZ2QI2961F.
MLA: Unknown. "641. To Helene on a Gift-Ring Carelessly Lost." Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HEG1XBZ2QI2961F.
Harvard: Unknown, '641. To Helene on a Gift-Ring Carelessly Lost' in Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Bulchevy’s Book of English Verse, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HEG1XBZ2QI2961F.
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