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ANDROMACHE'S LAMENT, by                    
First Line: Whither shall I flee for refuge?
Last Line: "foully murdered, and the altar of the highest bears the stain"
Subject(s): Homer (10th Century B.c.);lament;murder;mythology - Classical;poetry & Poets; Iliad;odyssey


WHITHER shall I flee for refuge? whither shall I look for aid?
Flight or exile, which is safer? tower and town are both betrayed;
Whom shall I implore for succour? our old altars are no more,
Broken, crushed they lie, and splintered, and the flames above them roar.
And our walls all blackened stand -- O my father! fatherland!
O thou haughty house of Priam -- temple with the gates surrounded
I have seen thee -- all thy splendour, all thy eastern pomp unbounded --
All thy roofs and painted ceilings, all the treasures they contain,
I have seen them -- seen them blazing -- I have seen old Priam slain,
Foully murdered, and the altar of the Highest bears the stain.





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