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 the gods’ structures of the conquered country,
  2. They may not — capturers—soon in turn be captive.
  3. But see no prior lust befall the army
  4. To sack things sacred — by gain-cravings vanquished
  5. For there needs homeward the return’s salvation,
  6. To round the new limb back o’ the double race-course.
  7. And guilty to the gods if came the army,
  8. Awakened up the sorrow of those slaughtered