(Reading Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn)
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.
Public-domain source text
To Julia Marlowe
by Henry van Dyke Jr.
From Standard Ebooks · standardebooks/henry-van-dyke-jr_poetry
Source record
This is a source transcription from Standard Ebooks, published in Past Poetry’s public-domain archive without line-by-line editorial notes. Public-domain source edition. Availability can vary by territory.
View the source edition →