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 now on ward I wait the torch’s token,
  2. The glow of fire, shall bring from Troia message
  3. And word of capture: so prevails audacious
  4. The man’s-way-planning hoping heart of woman.
  5. But when I, driven from night-rest, dew-drenched hold to
  6. This couch of mine — not looked upon by visions,
  7. Since fear instead of sleep still stands beside me,
  8. So as that fast I fix in sleep no eyelids —