Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. By sleep, — decline his portion of the missive.
  2. And far the beacon’s light, on stream Euripos
  3. Arriving, made aware Messapios’ warders,
  4. And up they lit in turn, played herald onwards,
  5. Kindling with flame a heap of grey old heather.
  6. And, strengthening still, the lamp, decaying nowise,
  7. Springing o’er Plain Asopos, — full-moon-fashion
  8. Effulgent, — toward the crag of Mount Kithairon,