The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 3 by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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ULYSSES: And utterly destroyed the race of Priam. ... SILENUS: The wanton wretch! she was bewitched to see _160 The many-coloured anklets and the chain Of woven gold which girt the neck of Paris, And so she left that good man Menelaus. There should be no more women in the world But such as are reserved for me alone.-- _165 See, here are sheep, and here are goats, Ulysses, Here are unsparing cheeses of pressed milk; Take them; depart with what good speed ye may; First leaving my reward, the Bacchic dew Of joy-inspiring grapes. ULYSSES: Ah me! Alas! _170 What shall we do? the Cyclops is at hand! Old man, we perish! whither can we fly? SILENUS: Hide yourselves quick within that hollow rock. ULYSSES: 'Twere perilous to fly into the net. |
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