The Agamemnon of Aeschylus; Tr. Into English Rhyming Verse With Explanatory Notes
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Some serpent amphisbene, some Skylla, deep Housed in the rock, where sailors shriek and die, Mother of Hell blood-raging, which doth cry On her own flesh war, war without alloy . . . God ! And she shouted in his face her joy, Like men in battle when the foe doth break. And feigns thanksgiving for his safety's sake ! What if no man believe me ? 'Tis all one. The thing which must be shall be ; aye, and soon Thou too shalt sorrow for these things, and here Standing confess me all too true a seer. ...Leader. The Thyestean feast of children slain I understood, and tremble. Aye, my brain Reels at these visions, beyond guesswork true. But after, though I heard, I had lost the clue, Cassandra. Man, thou shalt look on Agamemnon dead. Leader. Peace, Mouth of Evil ! Be those words unsaid ! Cassandra. No god of peace hath watch upon that hour. Leader. If it must come. Forefend it. Heavenly Power ! Cassandra. They do not think of prayer ; they think of death. 56 AESCHYLUS w. 1251-1267. Leader. They ?
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