Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. But the scion of him, myself did nurse —
  2. That much-bewailed Iphigeneia, he
  3. Having done well by, — and as well, nor worse,
  4. Been done to, — let him not in Haides loudly
  5. Bear himself proudly!
  6. Being by sword-destroying death amerced
  7. For that sword’s punishment himself inflicted first.
CHOROS.
  1. I at a loss am left —
  2. Of a feasible scheme of mind bereft —
  3. Where I may turn: for the house is falling:
  4. I fear the bloody crash of the rain
  5. That ruins the roof as it bursts amain:
  6. The warning-drop
  7. Has come to a stop.
  8. Destiny doth Justice whet
  9. For other deed of hurt, on other whetstones yet.