Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
The weary, wayworn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
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.
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!
………………………………………………………………..Edgar Allan Poe
While Borges and Rodman both agreed Neruda did write some best poems and Poe, on the other hand, is minor.
Chance failed me to raise my objection, but the disagreement would like to have a stake here to proof. And the French are with me.
That's how I see the world 
This really is a lovely portrait, Tom–very well done!
Thank you so much for saying that…
这是你拍的，太赞了
得到别人允许了吧 😀
先生 您認為呢?
既然让我说，一定不会放过调侃你的机会
看看这画质像是手机之类的东东拍的
看看这表情绝非摆出来的
这偷拍的是~ 路人还是那个什么~ .. Ya
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你的嘴巴認真不饒人.
可惜三個猜想都遠離事實.
您再仔細看那紋理那眼神…
我原本也没那么~八卦
这~ 公开之地你也不会说什么
不过我 调侃的目的还是达到了 😀
先生不要介意甚麼调侃…
對於揶揄嘲諷挖苦, 我都全視為一種鞭策.
更認為是可以共語的必然過程.
在這個公开之地, 可以公開的我都坦蕩蕩的公開了…good night to you
哈哈，乐得观看你们这一来一回滴
有意思啊～！
您也樂得打太平拳吧…
就讓您打吧…
过来看看，连QQ都加入了，现在脑袋痛得没法再接龙了
Ng 来日方长，我会逮住机会在侃你的，哈!哈
~
哈!哈
儘管放馬來.
兵來將擋, 水來土掩…
不過…脑袋痛就要多休息吧…還是鳴金收兵罷了.
Regarding the photo, the lady is gorgeous! Who is she?
Both poets are great, but between Neruda and Poe, I like Neruda better. 😉
I like Neruda’s poems too.
Regarding the photo, may I urge you to look at the granular texture of granites… 😉
The photo is beautiful, yes…and your response above as to who the woman is…”may I urge you to look at the granular texture of granites….” also beautiful.
I hope my word is appropriate to express my idea
that the granite is as beautiful as Helen…
I don’t think the words were wrong, but I think the person you responded to had asked you who the woman was…who she is. I took your words to mean that she might have been part of you, your daughter maybe. If you were deflecting the question, you did it beautifully. 🙂
I almost fall into a swoon with your surmise. 🙂
I don’t mean to deflect the question.
I just want my dear readers to pay some attention on the granite.
We couldn’t miss the granite, Tom…but the woman is so beautiful that she cannot be ignored…whoever she is. 🙂
Oh, Scott, I just could not tame my jealous heart with all the eyes staring at Helen….:)
Well that makes sense, Tom! Good for you…she is a beautiful woman, whoever she is! Oh, and the granite is pretty, too. 🙂
I admire your sense of humor…give you good night
Thank you, Tom…and good night to you, too. 🙂
Her dark,eyes, gazing so directly into the lens, reveal the loving soul within.
The granite, though much older, reveals its own soul in colors and textures.
Helen’s beauty and that of the granite are a few of the gifts we have been granted by our Creator.
Ng Tom, a wonderful photo!
I appreciate your judicious interpretation….
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