Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Like any new-born babe, bright-faced, to hand
  2. Wagging its tail, at belly’s strict command.
  1. But in due time upgrown,
  2. The custom of progenitors was shown:
  3. For-thanks for sustenance repaying
  4. With ravage of sheep slaughtered —
  5. It made unbidden feast;
  6. With blood the house was watered,