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 so have done, — and this deny I shall not, —
  2. As that his fate was nor to fly nor ward off.
  3. A wrap-round with no outlet, as for fishes,
  4. I fence about him — the rich woe of the garment:
  5. I strike him twice, and in a double Ah-me!
  6. He let his limbs go — there! And to him, fallen,
  7. The third blow add I, giving — of Below-ground
  8. Zeus, guardian of the dead — the votive favour.