Helen, to Paris
You boasted cities subject to your throne,
And how you'd voyaged through the long waters to me
Putting by other loveliest ones to woo me;
You 'leaguered me with many a sigh, tear, groan,
Smiles, laughter, every wile to passion known, —
Oh, you played all love's music to undo me....
But it was not thus, Paris, that you won,
But by an act you knew not you had done, —
'T was your still look as you stood at the door
That went like very death to my heart's core.
And how you'd voyaged through the long waters to me
Putting by other loveliest ones to woo me;
You 'leaguered me with many a sigh, tear, groan,
Smiles, laughter, every wile to passion known, —
Oh, you played all love's music to undo me....
But it was not thus, Paris, that you won,
But by an act you knew not you had done, —
'T was your still look as you stood at the door
That went like very death to my heart's core.
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