Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Alas for mortal matters! Happy-fortuned, —
  2. Why, any shade would turn them: if unhappy,
  3. By throws the wetting sponge has spoiled the picture!
  4. And more by much in mortals this I pity.
  5. The being well-to-do —
  6. Insatiate a desire of this
  7. Born with all mortals is,
  8. Nor any is there who