VIII.

Name: Helen of Troy - 8
Author: Andrew Lang

And once she heard a Trojan woman bless
The fair-haired Menelaus, her good lord,
As brave among brave men, not merciless,
Not swift to slay the captives of his sword,
Nor wont was he to win the gold abhorr’d
Of them that sell their captives over sea,
And Helen sighed, and bless’d her for that word,
"Yet will he ne’er be merciful to me!"

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Chicago: Andrew Lang, "8," Helen of Troy, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Helen of Troy (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CJY36U8E8917H4I.

MLA: Lang, Andrew. "8." Helen of Troy, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Helen of Troy, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CJY36U8E8917H4I.

Harvard: Lang, A, '8' in Helen of Troy, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Helen of Troy, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CJY36U8E8917H4I.