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Helen of Troy And Other Poems
by Sara Teasdale
To Marion Cummings Stanley
Contents
Helen of Troy
Beatrice
Sappho
Marianna Alcoforando
Guenevere
Erinna
Love Songs
Song
The Rose and the Bee
The Song Maker
Wild Asters
When Love Goes
The Wayfarer
The Princess in the Tower
When Love Was Born
The Shrine
The Blind
Love Me
The Song for Colin
Four Winds
Roundel
Dew
A Maiden
〃I Love You〃
But Not to Me
Hidden Love
Snow Song
Youth and the Pilgrim
The Wanderer
I Would Live in Your Love
May
Rispetto
Less than the Cloud to the Wind
Buried Love
Song
Pierrot
At Night
Song
Love in Autumn
The Kiss
November
A Song of the Princess
The Wind
A Winter Night
The Metropolitan Tower
Gramercy Park
In the Metropolitan Museum
Coney Island
Union Square
Central Park at Dusk
Young Love
Sonnets and Lyrics
Primavera Mia
Soul's Birth
Love and Death
For the Anniversary of John Keats' Death
Silence
The Return
Fear
Anadyomene
Galahad in the Castle of the Maidens
To an Aeolian Harp
To Erinna
To Cleis
Paris in Spring
Madeira from the Sea
City Vignettes
By the Sea
On the Death of Swinburne
Triolets
Vox Corporis
A Ballad of Two Knights
Christmas Carol
The Faery Forest
A Fantasy
A Minuet of Mozart's
Twilight
The Prayer
Two Songs for a Child
On the Tower
Helen of Troy and Other Poems
Helen of Troy
Wild flight on flight against the fading dawn
The flames' red wings soar upward duskily。
This is the funeral pyre and Troy is dead
That sparkled so the day I saw it first；
And darkened slowly after。 I am she
Who loves all beauty yet I wither it。
Why have the high gods made me wreak their wrath
Forever since my maidenhood to sow
Sorrow and blood about me？ Lo； they keep
Their bitter care above me even now。
It was the gods who led me to this lair；
That tho' the burning winds should make me weak；
They should not snatch the life from out my lips。
Olympus let the other women die；
They shall be quiet when the day is done
And have no care to…morrow。 Yet for me
There is no rest。 The gods are not so kind
To her made half immortal like themselves。
It is to you I owe the cruel gift；
Leda； my mother； and the Swan； my sire；
To you the beauty and to you the bale；
For never woman born of man and maid
Had wrought such havoc on the earth as I；
Or troubled heaven with a sea of flame
That climbed to touch the silent whirling stars
And blotted out their brightness ere the dawn。
Have I not made the world to weep enough？
Give death to me。 Yet life is more than death；
How could I leave the sound of singing winds；
The strong sweet scent that breathes from off the sea；
Or shut my eyes forever to the spring？
I will not give the grave my hands to hold；
My shining hair to light oblivion。
Have those who wander through the ways of death；
The still wan fields Elysian； any love
To lift their breasts with longing； any lips
To thirst against the quiver of a kiss？
Lo； I shall live to conquer Greece again；
To make the people love； who hate me now。
My dreams are over； I have ceased to cry
Against the fate that made men love my mouth
And left their spirits all too deaf to hear
The little songs that echoed through my soul。
I have no anger now。 The dreams are done；
Yet since the Greeks and Trojans would not see
Aught but my body's fairness； till the end；
In all the islands set in all the seas；
And all the lands that lie beneath the sun；
Till light turn darkness； and till time shall sleep；
Men's lives shall waste with longing after me；
For I shall be the sum of their desire；
The whole of beauty； never seen again。
And they shall stretch their arms and starting； wake
With 〃Helen！〃 on their lips； and in their eyes
The vision of me。 Always I shall be
Limned on the darkness like a shaft of light
That glimmers and is gone。 They shall behold
Each one his dream that fashions me anew；
With hair like lakes that glint beneath the stars
Dark as sweet midnight； or with hair aglow
Like burnished gold that still retains the fire。
Yea； I shall haunt until the dusk of time
The heavy eyelids filled with fleeting dreams。
I wait for one who comes with sword to slay
The king I wronged who searches for me now；
And yet he shall not slay me。 I shall stand
With lifted head and look within his eyes；
Baring my breast to him and to the sun。
He shall not have the power to stain with blood
That whiteness for the thirsty sword shall fall
And he shall cry and catch me in his arms；
Bearing me back to Sparta on his breast。
Lo； I shall live to conquer Greece again！
Beatrice
Send out the singers let the room be still；
They have not eased my pain nor brought me sleep。
Close out the sun； for I would have it dark
That I may feel how black the grave will be。
The sun is setting； for the light is red；
And you are outlined in a golden fire；
Like Ursula upon an altar…screen。
Come； leave the light and sit beside my bed；
For I have had enough of saints and prayers。
Strange broken thoughts are beating in my brain；
They come and vanish and again they come。
It is the fever driving out my soul；
And Death stands waiting by the arras there。
Ornella； I will speak； for soon my lips
Shall keep a silence till the end of time。
You have a mouth for loving listen then：
Keep tryst with Love before Death comes to tryst；
For I； who die； could wish that I had lived
A little closer to the world of men；
Not watching always thro' the blazoned panes
That show the world in chilly greens and blues
And grudge the sunshine that would enter in。
I was no part of all the troubled crowd
That moved beneath the palace windows here；
And yet sometimes a knight in shining steel
Would pass and catch the gleaming of my hair；
And wave a mailed hand and smile at me；
Whereat I made no sign and turned away；
Affrighted and yet glad and full of dreams。
Ah； dreams and dreams that asked no answering！
I should have wrought to make my dreams come true；
But all my life was like an autumn day；
Full of gray quiet and a hazy peace。
What was I saying？ All is gone again。
It seemed but now I was the little child
Who played within a garden long ago。
Beyond the walls the festal trumpets blared。
Perhaps they carried some Madonna by
With tossing ensigns in a sea of flowers；
A painted Virgin with a painted Child；
Who saw for once the sweetness of the sun
Before they shut her in an altar…niche
Where tapers smoke against the windy gloom。
I gathered roses redder than my gown
And played that I was Saint Elizabeth；
Whose wine had turned to roses in her hands。
And as I played； a child came thro' the gate；
A boy who looked at me without a word；
As tho' he saw stretch far behind my head
Long lines of radiant angels； row on row。
That day we spoke a little； timidly；
And after that I never heard the voice
That sang so many songs for love of me。
He was content to stand and watch me pass；
To seek for me at matins every day；
Where I could feel his eyes the while I prayed。
I think if he had stretched his hands to me；
Or moved his lips to say a single word；
I might have loved him he had wondrous eyes。
Ornella； are you there？ I cannot see
Is every one so lonely when he dies？
The room is filled with lights with waving lights
Who are the men and women 'round the bed？
What have I said； Ornella？ Have they heard？
There was no evil hidden in my life；
And yet； and yet； I would not have them know
