The Stratford gallery; . rtWith sounding Troilus. I will not go from Troy. If I be false, or swerve a hair from truth, When Time is old and hath forgot itself, When waterdrops have worn the stones of Troy, And blind Oblivion swallowd cities up, And mighty states, characterless, are grated To dusty nothing—yet let memory, From false to false, among false maids in love, Upbraid my falsehood! * * * * Tea, let them say, to stick the heart of falsehood,As false as Cressid We cannot more appropriately conclude our remarks, on a sub-ject that certainly tempts us but little, than by quoting thetrencha
The Stratford gallery; . rtWith sounding Troilus. I will not go from Troy. If I be false, or swerve a hair from truth, When Time is old and hath forgot itself, When waterdrops have worn the stones of Troy, And blind Oblivion swallowd cities up, And mighty states, characterless, are grated To dusty nothing—yet let memory, From false to false, among false maids in love, Upbraid my falsehood! * * * * Tea, let them say, to stick the heart of falsehood,As false as Cressid We cannot more appropriately conclude our remarks, on a sub-ject that certainly tempts us but little, than by quoting thetrenchant description of the sage Ulysses : Fye, lye upon her !Theres language in her eye, her cheek, her lip—Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look outAt every joint and motive of her , these encounterers, so glib of tongue,That give a coasting welcome ere it comes,And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughtsTo every ticklish reader ! set them downFor sluttish spoils of opportunity,And daughters of the - ? HELEN. This beautiful trouble of the Trojan War, the most admiredwoman of her time, was the begotten of Jupiter, by Leda, wifeof King Tyudarus. From her birth she was a marvel of beauty;and when she had arrived at marriageable age, many of the Greekprinces became suitors for her hand. Finally she made choice ofMenelaus, and the others joined in a chivalrous compact to protecthis marital rights against the world. Paris, son of Priam, king ofTroy, smitten by the mere report of her charms, visited Laced as-mon on the pretext of sacrificing to Apollo; and in the absenceof Menelaus, he prevailed on the beautiful Helen to fly with himto Troy. True to their vow, the Grecian princes held a solemn council,and resolved to make war against the Trojans ; but first they sentan embassy to Priams court, demanding the restoration of refused, war was declared at once, and the Grecian forces sur-rounded the walled city of Troy. The tedious siege lasted tenyears ;
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