| Show BEAUTIFUL HELEN OF TROY the world s desire in all ages suggested by reading ho tier s fillad pope s translation like enus you rose from the water which yielded you up with a sigh i they hailed you aphrodite daughter superb as a star in the thy the ocean you fled a prison from the davee that were crouching for prey As dian you have dauntless arisen when she wheels on the track of the day foam born ai 1 more fresh than yo ir mother for your beauty was bred of the sea and the nave your playmate play mite bour brother and fawned at your feet to be free with delight were you heavily laden you drooped from the weight of your charms ret you tripped with the grace of a maiden unsullied and full of alarms the world for your coming grew brighter and stooped as a surf to your reign and the fall of your footsteps was lighter than the dew or the rippling of rait yo i gladdened the e e 1 ke a vision that flatters the dreamer of dreams old time with his sneer of derision soon baked in your radiant beams your fairness caused foemen to falter and the nightingale caroled your praise in cyprus they built you an altar blind homer sang yo I 1 in his s stark chieftains who thronged from far places As your vassals bent low in tl e mire grim captains with dark faces besieged you relentless as alre you were queen over love over laughter and you held al the trojans in thrall you proved aphrodite s daugh ter A firebrand and fickle to all your face alred tl e world into fighting and heartened the craven to slay As the petrel in thunder delighting all athirst for the joy of the fray agamemnon first claimed you as master and brought you the spoil of the strife but you left efm fomenting disaster and fled with young paris as wife breeding havoc red ruin and galung A scourge in the hands of the gods with sorrow the trojans assailing who captives were beaten with rods you were in the fe rices old faba on flow r ot the foam su and you ehrl led with yo r gi elsh con stark liegemen who bowed to youl sway superb as ome immortal you stand at the gate of the dawn and welcome the guests through the por tal serene as some fawn nig april eyes with queenly splendor I 1 ure as drenched in rain the oft low voice so sweet an 1 tended that hai ants 1 ke m sic s dying strain your balmy bosom s ivory treasure twin baby peaks like lilies prow unsullied by tl e touch of pleas re unstained by passion s lustful glow the roseleaf rose leat cape where beauty s dwell ing As tender as the dream of lawn the piquant mouth with faugl ter swell ing the step a supple as tl e fawn and your lustrous es ire gleaming grieving er borne wounded I 1 ird aike some chaste madonna dreaming when her tender rity s As fair as coira 0 o r silken t esses that ripple lown your queenly form the which the blustering breeze caressed cares sei As if to shield f om shrieking storm A clance that the starry eplen dor when orion swings his bril bant blide an beams arcturus pure and ten ur through purple gloom or violet shade proud priestess of p basure and pass on you lured the greeks to your shrine to bewitch and beguile was your fashion your laughter wis bubbling wine lou tamed achilles with our splendor you lulled 1 to lang orous ease to your beauty their 1 omage tl ey render As blown si ray from afie goirn of th seas through the mirage of turbulent ages shines your face just as 1 as a flower beloved of the chiefs and the sages the plaything the toy of an hour ave tire of the love so capric us that yields us less sorrow than joy but we cheri h yo r tame 0 and beautiful helen of troy JAMI S L KINS 11 A registry LI icaco I 1 ost |
