XXXIX.

Name: Helen of Troy - 39
Author: Andrew Lang

This word he spake, "the Fates are hard on us" -
Then bade the women do what must be done
To the fair body of dead Corythus.
And then he hurl’d into the night alone,
Wailing unto the spirit of his son,
That somewhere in dark mist and sighing wind
Must dwell, nor yet to Hades had it won,
Nor quite had left the world of men behind.

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Chicago: Andrew Lang, "39," 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 6, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQ5H26MIQKZNSUR.

MLA: Lang, Andrew. "39." 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. 6 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQ5H26MIQKZNSUR.

Harvard: Lang, A, '39' in Helen of Troy, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Helen of Troy, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 6 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQ5H26MIQKZNSUR.