Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. And thus he spoke, explaining signs in view.
  2. In time, this outset takes the town of Priamos:
  3. But all before its towers, — the people’s wealth that was,
  4. Of flocks and herds, — as sure, shall booty-sharing thence
  5. Drain to the dregs away, by battle violence.
  6. Only, have care lest grudge of any god disturb
  7. With cloud the unsullied shine of that great force, the curb
  8. Of Troia, struck with damp