Rhesus

Euripides

Euripides. The Rhesus of Euripides. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray. Murray, Gilbert, translator. London: George Allen and Company, Ltd., 1913.

  1. Go. And remember that thy fortunes still
  2. Are watched by me, and they who do my will
  3. Prosper in all their ways. Aye, thou shalt prove
  4. Ere long, if I can care for those I love.
  5. Back, back, ye twain! Are ye in love with death?
  6. Laertes’ son, thy sword into the sheath!
  7. Our golden Thracian gaspeth in his blood;
  8. The steeds are ours; the foe hath understood
  9. And crowds against you. Haste ye! haste to fly,—
  10. Ere yet the lightning falleth, and ye die!