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.
我們?cè)^望地呼喊:
人們?yōu)榱艘恍┈嵭嫉摹?/p>
紛擾無(wú)益的事情
而放棄了那位從艱難時(shí)日里
贏得的美女;
然而,若我們也緩步在
古代的高塔里,
看海倫與她的戀人走過(guò),
我們也只如特洛伊的男男女女,
向她打個(gè)招呼,開句玩笑。