Forged, A nation’s sufferings Cast in their mettle The ill-fated heirs A tale as old as Troy For who could deny Menelaus Or remember his brother’s promise?
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Purloined, From his white throne Bride to a rebel house Reneged on its allegiances Taken in earnest Agamemnon wouldn’t yield Paris’s prize, her treasured name
Ravished, Savannah’s weeping Ravaged, Columbia’s mourning Who could save her sisters? Slain, the valiant Hector Mycenae’s only thorn Now denizen of fortunate isles
Reconciled, Through bastions battered And fields bruised Helen fainted Her beloved captor dead Drawn and fully quartered His tattered shroud furled to rest
