Oenone
in Greek legend, a nymph who became the wife of Paris before he was called upon to award the golden apple to the "fairest," and thus led to the fatal union with Helen. Tennyson has given the title of Oenone to a poem in which the deserted wife tells the story of the judgment of Paris.
Hither came at noon
Mournful Oenone, wandering forlorn
Of Paris, once her playmate on the hills.
Her cheek had lost the rose, and round her neck
Floated her hair, or seemed to float in rest.
She, leaning on a fragment twined with vine,
Sang to the stillness, till the mountain-shade
Sloped downward to her seat from the upper cliff.
--Tennyson.
Mournful Oenone, wandering forlorn
Of Paris, once her playmate on the hills.
Her cheek had lost the rose, and round her neck
Floated her hair, or seemed to float in rest.
She, leaning on a fragment twined with vine,
Sang to the stillness, till the mountain-shade
Sloped downward to her seat from the upper cliff.
--Tennyson.
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