O Helen! Helen! phrenzied Helen,
Many hearts of thee are telling
Damned destruction thou hast done,
There where thousands fell for one
’Neath the walls of Troy!
ANTISTROPHE II.
Bloomed from thee the blossom gory
Of famous Agamemnon’s glory;
Thou hast roused the slumbering strife,
From age to age, with eager knife,