Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. The sacrificer of his daughter — strange! —
  2. He dared become, to expedite
  3. Woman-avenging warfare, — anchors weighed
  4. With such prelusive rite!
  1. Prayings and callings Father — naught they made
  2. Of these, and of the virgin-age, —
  3. Captains heart-set on war to wage!
  4. His ministrants, vows done, the father bade —