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. ’Tis thine, all thine; dream not thy cruel hand
  2. Is hid from me! Yet ever on thy land
  3. The Muse hath smiled; we gave it praise above
  4. All cities, yea, fulfilled it with our love.
  5. The light of thy great Mysteries was shed
  6. By Orpheus, very cousin of this dead
  7. Whom thou hast slain; and thine high citizen
  8. Musaeus, wisest of the tribes of men,
  9. We and Apollo guided all his way:
  10. For which long love behold the gift ye pay!