Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. But swiftly, too, decayed,
  2. The glory perishes by woman vaunted.
KLUTAIMNESTRA.
  1. Soon shall we know — of these light-bearing torches,
  2. And beacons and exchanges, fire with fire —
  3. If they are true, indeed, or if, dream-fashion,
  4. This gladsome light came and deceived our judgment.
  5. Yon herald from the shore I see, o’ershadowed
  6. With boughs of olive: dust, mud’s thirsty brother,