Сара Хелен Пауэр Уитман — американская поэтесса и эссеист, представитель трансцендентализма. Известна романтическими отношениями с американским писателем Эдгаром Алланом По. Wikipedia
“Star of resplendent front! Thy glorious eye
Shines on me still from out yon clouded sky.”
Arcturus (To Edgar Allan Poe).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The sweet imperious mouth, whose haughty valor
Defied all portents of impending doom.”
The Portrait. (Of Poe).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Our Island of Dreams.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
A still Day in Autumn.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Summer's Call. Compare: "I heard the trailing garments of the Night / Sweep through her marble halls", Longfellow.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Raven (written as a counterpart to Poe's poem by the same name).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Enchantress of the stormy seas,
Priestess of Night's high mysteries.”
Moonrise in May.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)