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. Writ down a babbler and a man of nought.
LEADER
  1. Woe, woe! It was for thee, only for thee,
  2. I must have gone, O Help and Majesty,
  3. That time with message that the fires were burning.
  4. Mine eye was keen; I swear by Simois river,
  5. It never drooped nor slumbered, never, never,
  6. From eve till morning!
  7. My master, verily, I am innocent utterly,
  8. Build not such wrath against me, Lord, nor harden
  9. Thy heart; let Time be judge; and if in deed