Agamemnon
Aeschylus
Aeschylus. The poetical works of Robert Browning, Volume 13. Browning, Robert, translator; Berdoe, Edward, editor. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1889.
- In watery friendship to fawn and be kind.
- Thou to me, then, indeed, sending an army for Helena’s sake,
- (I will not conceal it) wast — oh, by no help of the Muses! — depicted
- Not well of thy midriff the rudder directing. — convicted
- Of bringing a boldness they did not desire to the men with existence at stake.
- But now — from no outside of mind, nor unlovingly — gracious thou art
- To those who have ended the labour, fulfilling their part;
- And in time shalt thou know, by inquiry instructed,