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Wysłany: Czw 11:19, 24 Lut 2011 Temat postu: For whom must Helen break her second vow |
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eyes that sparkled fire
And breastreveal'd the queen of soft desire. [83] Struck with her presencestraight the lively red
Forsook her cheek; and tremblingthus she said:
Then is it still thy pleasure to deceive?
And woman's frailty always to believe [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
Sayto new nations must I cross the main
Or carry wars to some soft Asian plain?
For whom must Helen break her second vow?
What other Paris is thy darling now?
Left to Atrides(victor in the strife)
An odious conquest and a captive wife
Hence let me sail; and if thy Paris bear
My absence illlet Venus ease his care.
A handmaid goddess at his side to wait
Renounce the glories of thy heavenly state
Be fix'd for ever to the Trojan shore
His spouseor slave; and mount the skies no more.
For meto lawless love no longer led
I scorn the cowardand detest his bed;
Else should I merit everlasting shame
And keen reproachfrom every Phrygian dame:
Ill suits it now the joys of love to know
Too deep my anguishand too wild my woe.
{Illustration: VENUS PRESENTING HELEN TO PARIS.}
Then thus incensedthe Paphian queen replies:
Obey the power from whom thy glories rise:
Should Venus leave theeevery charm must fly
Fade from thy cheekandyilai:
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he has been talking about Bunburyhas he
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