Agamemnon

Aeschylus

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

  1. Was the ancient saying
  2. Still among mortals staying:
  3. Man’s great prosperity at height of rise
  4. Engenders offspring nor unchilded dies;
  5. And, from good fortune, to such families,
  6. Buds forth insatiate woe.
  7. Whereas, distinct from any,
  8. Of my own mind I am: