FAIR Helen to the Scæan portals came, Where sat the elders, peers of Priamus, Thymoetas, Hiketaon, Panthöus, And many another of a noble name, Famed warriors, now in council more of fame. Always above the gates, in converse thus They chattered like cicalas garrulous; Who marking Helen, swore "it is no shame That armed Achæan knights, and Ilian men For such a woman's sake should suffer long. Fair as a deathless goddess seemeth she. Nay, but aboard the red-prowed ships again Home let her pass in peace, not working wrong To us, and children's children yet to be." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BROKEN APPOINTMENT by THOMAS HARDY PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE A FRAGMENT FROM THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLOS by AESCHYLUS THE ENGINE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 95, 96. AL-AZALI, AL-BAKI by EDWIN ARNOLD THE TREE ACROSS THE ROAD by ELIZABETH KELTY BEITEL SKETCHES OF THE TEXAS PRAIRIE: 'APRIL RAINS' by GEORGE BOND SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 2. A POLITICAL 'BOSS' by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |