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, — as may best be, — I my revered husband
  2. Shall hasten, as he comes back, to receive: for —
  3. What’s to a wife sweeter to see than this light
  4. (Her husband, by the god saved, back from warfare)
  5. So as to open gates? This tell my husband —
  6. To come at soonest to his loving city.
  7. A faithful wife at home may he find, coming!
  8. Such an one as he left — the dog o’ the household —