LXXII.

Still there was something wanting, as I've said-- That undefinable "_Je ne sçais quoi_" Which, for what I know, may of yore have led To Homer's Iliad, since it drew to Troy The Greek Eve, Helen, from the Spartan's bed; Though on the whole, no doubt, the Dardan boy Was much inferior to King Menelaüs:-- But thus it is some women will betray us.