Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Captivity’s great sweep-net — one and all
  2. Of Até held in thrall!
  3. Ay, Zeus I fear — the guest’s friend great — who was
  4. The doer of this, and long since bent
  5. The bow on Alexandros with intent
  6. That neither wide o’ the white
  7. Nor o’er the stars the foolish dart should light.
CHOROS.
  1. The stroke of Zeus — they have it, as men say!
  2. This, at least, from the source track forth we may!
  3. As he ordained, so has he done.
  4. No — said someone —
  5. The gods think fit to care
  6. Nowise for mortals, such
  7. As those by whom the good and fair
  8. Of things denied their touch
  9. Is trampled! but he was profane.
  10. That they do care, has been made plain
  11. To offspring of the over-bold,
  12. Outbreathing Ares greater than is just —
  13. Houses that spill with more than they can hold,