Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. At those mock rites unsanctified by fire.
  2. But we pay nought here: through our flesh, age-weighed,
  3. Left out from who gave aid
  4. In that day, — we remain,
  5. Staying on staves a strength
  6. The equal of a child’s at length.
  7. For when young marrow in the breast doth reign,
  8. That’s the old man’s match, — Ares out of place