Ἑλένη Poem by John May

Ἑλένη



She's as the ancients always said:
Beauteous, divine.
And O, those ruby lips of red
(As red as Trojan wine) .

But vengeance is a cruel device-
Paris breached the bed!
Now Menelaus raging forth
Won't stop ‘til he is dead.

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John May

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