The spear-wooed maid of Greece?
Helen the taker![n57] ’tis plain to see
A taker of ships, a taker of men,
A taker of cities she.
From the soft-curtained chamber of Hymen she fled,
By the breath of giant[n58] Zephyr sped,
And shield-bearing throngs in marshalled array
Hounded her flight o’er the printless way,
Where the swift-plashing oar
The fair booty bore