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$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Commanded on Achilles Tomb to die,
Not forc'd, like us, to hard Captivity:
Or in a haughty Master's Arms to lie.
In Grecian Ships unhappy we were born: 420
Endur'd the Victor's Lust, sustain'd the Scorn:
Thus I submitted to the lawless pride
Of Pyrrhus, more a Handmaid than a Bride,
Cloy'd with Possession, He forsook my Bed,
And Helen's lovely Daughter sought to wed. 425
Then me, to Trojan Helenus resign'd:
And his two Slaves in equal Marriage join'd.
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Till young Orestes, pierc'd with deep despair,
And longing to redeem the promis'd Fair,
Before Apollo's Altar flew the Ravisher. 430
By Pyrrhus death the Kingdom we regain'd:
At least one half with Helenus remain'd;
Our part, from Chaon, He Chaonia calls:
And names, from Pergamus, his rising Walls.
But you, what Fates have landed on our Coast, 435
What Gods have sent you, or what Storms have tost?
Does young Ascanius life and health enjoy,
Sav'd from the Ruins of unhappy Troy!
O tell me how his Mother's loss he bears, 439
What hopes are promis'd from his blooming years,
How much of Hector in his Face appears?
She spoke: and mix'd her Speech with mournful Cries:
And fruitless Tears came trickling from her Eyes.