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, leaving to her townsmen throngs a-spread
  2. With shields, and spear-thrusts of sea-armament,
  3. And bringing Ilion, in a dowry’s stead,
  4. Destruction — swiftly through the gates she went,
  5. Daring the undareable. But many a groan outbroke
  6. From prophets of the House as thus they spoke.
  7. Woe, woe the House, the House and Rulers, — woe
  8. The marriage-bed and dints