Agamemnon

Aeschylus

Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.

  1. Halloo, halloo, ah, evils!
  2. Again, straightforward foresight’s fearful labour
  3. Whirls me, distracting with prelusive last-lays!
  4. Behold ye those there, in the household seated, —
  5. Young ones, — of dreams approaching to the figures?
  6. Children, as if they died by their beloveds —
  7. Hands they have filled with flesh, the meal domestic —
  8. Entrails and vitals both, most piteous burthen,