HELEN REDEEMED

PROEM

18th September 1912.[3]

FIRST STAVE

THE DEATH OF ACHILLES

SECOND STAVE

MENELAUS' DREAM: HELEN ON THE WALL

THIRD STAVE

MENELAUS SPEAKS WITH HELEN

FOURTH STAVE

THE APOLOGY OF HELEN

FIFTH STAVE

A COUNCIL OF THE ACHAIANS: THE EMBASSY OF ODYSSEUS

SIXTH STAVE

HELEN AND PARIS; ODYSSEUS AND HELEN

SEVENTH STAVE

THEY BUILD THE HORSE AND ENTER IN

EIGHTH STAVE

THE HORSE IN TROY; THE PASSION OF KASSANDRA

NINTH STAVE

THE GODS FORSAKE TROY

TENTH STAVE

ODYSSEUS COMES AGAIN TO PARIS' HOUSE

ELEVENTH STAVE

THE BEGUILING OF PARIS

ENVOY

1911-12.

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HYPSIPYLE

I

II

1911.

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OREITHYIA

1897.

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CLYTIÉ

1894.

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LAI OF GOBERTZ[1]

1911.

[1] I owe the substance of this lai to my friend Ezra Pound, who unearthed it, ψαμάθῳ εἰλυμένα πολλῇ, in some Provençal repertory.

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THE SAINTS' MAYING

1896.

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THE ARGIVE WOMEN[2]

Scene

The women's house in the House of Paris in Troy.

Time.—The Tenth year of the War.

Helen's women are lying alone in the twilight hour. Chthonoë presently rises and throws a little incense upon the altar flame. Then she begins to speak to the Image of Aphrodite in a low and tired voice.

1912.

[2] Helen Redeemed, the first poem in this book, was originally conceived as a drama. Here is a scene from it, the first after the Prologue, which would have been spoken by Odysseus. The action of the play would have begun with the entry of Helen.

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GNATHO

1898-1912.

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TO THE GODS OF THE COUNTRY

1909.

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FOURTEEN SONNETS1896

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ALMA SDEGNOSA

THE WINDS' POSSESSION

ASPETTO REALE

KIN CONFESSED

QUEL GIORNO PIÙ ...

ABSENCE

PRESENCE

DREAM ANGUISH

HYMNIA-BEATRIX

LUX E TENEBRIS

DUTY

WAGES

EYE-SERVICE

CLOISTER THOUGHTS

(AT WESTMINSTER)

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