Tom Hanks reciting a poem (Edgar Allan Poe - to Helen)

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!

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[Theburn77]

i love how everybody just dies in the end, except the old lady, this is definently a coen brothers kind of movie.

[henriavecjung]

@Theburn77 That's right! Ever since I saw their work - Fargo (1996), I became a fan too

[Gredika]

thisis still the best rendition of "To Helen" I've heard anywere.

[henriavecjung]

@Gredika Hmmm.....poetry!

[demb444]

Mmm, there are other Edgar Allan Poe related parts in the movie... You should upload them - I think this is pretty cool.

[henriavecjung]

@demb444 I shall do it later, thanks!

[cbh107]

what movie is this?

[LoganBlackP]

That end scene is just so brilliantly done

[intushabitat]

Id like to hear more of edgar allan poe poems recited by tom hanks

not in a movie maybe a cd

[hermithefrog1]

ha ha ha. This movie is hilarious. I love the coens

[2dumbcats]

@ismailit1 The movie is called The Lady Killers (2004).

[owningtheworld]

What movie is this????? 

[ismailit1]

what is the name of the movie?

[TheFallout987]

I just watched this movie and I nearly cried when he dies

[straitgate]

the lady at "thy classic face"...lol

[FriedenDurchWissen]

Tom Hanks does it again! Bravo!!

[jadindahouse]

Love this movie soooo much man .....his increadible soothing english ...

the black guy accent .......country finger-cut and his chubby manly girlfriend a korean general .....what can i say beautiful movie