Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Lofty above their brood-nests wheel in ring,
  2. Row round and round with oar of either wing,
  3. Lament the bedded chicks, lost labour that was love:
  4. Which hearing, one above
  5. — Whether Apollon, Pan or Zeus — that wail,
  6. Sharp-piercing bird-shriek of the guests who fare
  7. Housemates with gods in air —
  8. Suchanone sends, against who these assail,