Strophe II

Alas! alas! O Helen, evil-souled,

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Who, though but one, hast slain

Many, yea, very many lives at Troïa.[[388]]

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Strophe III

[*]But now for blood that may not be washed out

[*]Thou hast to full bloom brought

[*]A deed of guilt for ever memorable,