When Helen Lived　　We have cried in our despair　　That men desert,　　For some trivial affair　　Or noisy, insolent sport,　　Beauty that we have won　　From bitterest hours;　　Yet we, had we walked within　　Those topless towers　　Where Helen walked with her boy,　　Had given but as the rest　　Of the men and women of Troy,　　A word and a jest.

　　海伦在世时　　我们曾绝望地呼喊：　　人们为了一些琐屑的、　　纷扰无益的事情　　而放弃了那位从艰难时日里　　赢得的美女;　　然而，若我们也缓步在　　古代的高塔里，　　看海伦与她的恋人走过，　　我们也只如特洛伊的男男女女，　　向她打个招呼，开句玩笑。

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