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THE ELOPEMENT OF HELEN.
O'er her flight her nation's seerWailed in strains of woe and fear.Woe to the house!—yea, double woeOn those who were its heads is poured!Woe for the dishonour'd bed!Woe for the track of her who fled,But once had loved her lord!
[1]Lo! he is here, silent and still;He knows the tale of shame and ill;But no curse or raging wordFrom his pallid lips is heard.All his bosom-hopes have died;—Never may he see againHer, the fair but faithless bride.His heart is with her o'er the main;And in unreposing griefHe wanders round his desolate halls,Looking like a phantom-chiefRuling in the royal walls.
  1. ↑ The following reading has been adopted:
    Πάρεστι σῖγ', ἄτιμος,Ἀλοίδορος,Ἄπιστος ἀφεμέναν ἰδεῖν. κ.τ.λ.
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