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on the ramparts of beauty – dreams of bland perfection

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Frank

Helen & Iphigenia Aphrodite won for romance defies logic when goddesses war once I saw Helen on the ramparts of beauty besieged on all sides Helen was pretext it was lust for gold that killed Iphigenia to a hero wed … Continue reading →

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down by the rushing river

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Frank

down by the rushing river, there I laid our noble queen whose sorcery so beguiled the king’s proud daughter, that fairest maid who, for her crime of beauty, in shade I led, deep in the forest, poor child, down by … Continue reading →