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To Helen

by Mary Bichner

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Aria setting of the Edgar Allan Poe poem "To Helen" for piano and alto soloist by Mary Bichner.

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"To Helen"
By: Edgar Allan Poe

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn 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!

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released January 13, 2013
Music composed, arranged and performed by Mary Bichner. Lyrics by Edgar Allan Poe. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Peter Moore. Cover art by Lainey Schooltree.

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