N Sparta, long ago, where Menelaus wore the crown,
Twelve noble Virgins, daughters to the greatest in the town,
All dight upon their hair in crowtoe [hyacinth] garlands fresh and green,
Danced at the chamber door of Helena the Queen:
What time this Menelaus, the younger son of Atreus,
Did marry with this lovely daughter of Prince Tyndarus;
And therewithal, at eve, a Wedding Song they jointly sang,
With such a shuffling of their feet that all the palace rang.
"Fair Bridegroom, do you sleep? Hath slumber all your limbs