Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Admeasurement of powers,
  2. Any but Zeus for refuge at such hours,
  3. If veritably needs I must
  4. From off my soul its vague care-burthen thrust.
  1. Not — whosoever was the great of yore,
  2. Bursting to bloom with bravery all round —
  3. Is in our mouths: he was, but is no more.
  4. And who it was that after came to be,