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    Thy words o'erbear my doubt此for news of good

    The ear of age hath ever youth enow

    But those within and Clytemnestra's self

    Would fain hear all察glad thou their ears and mine。

                               CLYTEMNESTRA enters from the palace。

  CLYTEMNESTRA

    That night察when first the fiery courier came

    In sign that Troy is ta'en and razed to earth

    So wild a cry of joy my lips gave out

    That I was chidden´Hath the beacon watch

    Made sure unto thy soul the sack of Troy

    A very woman thou察whose heart leaps light

    At wandering rumours and with words like these

    They showed me how I strayed察misled of hope。

    Yet on each shrine I set the sacrifice

    And察in the strain they held for feminine

    Went heralds thro' the city察to and fro

    With voice of loud proclaim察announcing joy

    And in each fane they lit and quenched with wine

    The spicy perfumes fading in the flame。

    All is fulfilled此I spare your longer tale´

    The king himself anon shall tell me all。



    Remains to think what honour best may greet

    My lord察the majesty of Argos察home。

    What day beams fairer on a woman's eyes

    Than this察whereon she flings the portal wide

    To hail her lord察heaven´shielded察home from war

    This to my husband察that he tarry not

    But turn the city's longing into joy

    Yea察let him come察and coming may he find

    A wife no other than he left her察true

    And faithful as a watch´dog to his home

    His foemen's foe察in all her duties leal

    Trusty to keep for ten long years unmarred

    The store whereon he set his master´seal。

    Be steel deep´dyed察before ye look to see

    Ill joy察ill fame察from other wight察in me

  HERALD

    'Tis fairly said此thus speaks a noble dame

    Nor speaks amiss察when truth informs the boast。

    CLYTEMNESTRA withdraws again into the palace。

  LEADER

    So has she spoken´be it yours to learn

    By clear interpreters her specious word。

    Turn to me察herald´tell me if anon

    The second well´loved lord of Argos comes

    Hath Menelaus safely sped with you

  HERALD

    Alas´brief boon unto my friends it were

    To flatter them察for truth察with falsehoods fair

  LEADER

    Speak joy察if truth be joy察but truth察at worst´

    Too plainly察truth and joy are here divorced。

  HERALD

    The hero and his bark were rapt away

    Far from the Grecian fleet察'tis truth I say。

  LEADER

    Whether in all men's sight from Ilion borne

    Or from the fleet by stress of weather torn

  HERALD

    Full on the mark thy shaft of speech doth light

    And one short word hath told long woes aright。

  LEADER

    But say察what now of him each comrade saith

    What their forebodings察of his life or death

  HERALD

    Ask me no more此the truth is known to none

    Save the earth´fostering察all´surveying Sun。

  LEADER

    Say察by what doom the fleet of Greece was driven

    How rose察how sank the storm察the wrath of heaven

  HERALD

    Nay察ill it were to mar with sorrow's tale

    The day of blissful news。 The gods demand

    Thanksgiving sundered from solicitude。

    If one as herald came with rueful face

    To say察The curse has fallen察and the host

    Gone down to death察and one wide wound has reached

    The city's heart察and out of many homes

    Many are cast and consecrate to death

    Beneath the double scourge察that Ares loves

    The bloody pair察the fire and sword of doom´

    If such sore burden weighed upon my tongue

    'Twere fit to speak such words as gladden fiends。

    But´coming as he comes who bringeth news

    Of safe return from toil察and issues fair

    To men rejoicing in a weal restored´

    Dare I to dash good words with ill察and say

    For fire and sea察that erst held bitter feud

    Now swore conspiracy and pledged their faith

    Wasting the Argives worn with toil and war。

    Night and great horror of the rising wave

    Came o'er us察and the blasts that blow from Thrace

    Clashed ship with ship察and some with plunging prow

    Thro' scudding drifts of spray and raving storm

    Vanished察as strays by some ill shepherd driven。

    And when at length the sun rose bright察we saw

    Th' Aegaean sea´field flecked with flowers of death

    Corpses of Grecian men and shattered hulls。

    For us indeed察some god察as well I deem

    No human power察laid hand upon our helm

    Snatched us or prayed us from the powers of air

    And brought our bark thro'all察unharmed in hull

    And saving Fortune sat and steered us fair

    So that no surge should gulf us deep in brine

    Nor grind our keel upon a rocky shore。



    So 'scaped we death that lurks beneath the sea

    But察under day's white light察mistrustful all

    Of fortune's smile察we sat and brooded deep

    Shepherds forlorn of thoughts that wandered wild

    O'er this new woe察for smitten was our host

    And lost as ashes scattered from the pyre。

    Of whom if any draw his life´breath yet

    Be well assured察he deems of us as dead

    As we of him no other fate forebode。

    But heaven save all If Menelaus live

    He will not tarry察but will surely come

    Therefore if anywhere the high sun's ray

    Descries him upon earth察preserved by Zeus

    Who wills not yet to wipe his race away

    Hope still there is that homeward he may wend。

    Enough´thou hast the truth unto the end。

                                                The HERALD departs。



  CHORUS singing

                                                            strophe 1



    Say察from whose lips the presage fell

    Who read the future all too well

      And named her察in her natal hour

      Helen察the bride with war for dower

    'Twas one of the Invisible

      Guiding his tongue with prescient power。

    On fleet察and host察and citadel

      War察sprung from her察and death did lour

    When from the bride´bed's fine´spun veil

    She to the Zephyr spread her sail。

    Strong blew the breeze´the surge closed oer

    The cloven track of keel and oar

      But while she fled察there drove along

      Fast in her wake察a mighty throng´

    Athirst for blood察athirst for war

      Forward in fell pursuit they sprung

    Then leapt on Simois' bank ashore

      The leafy coppices among´

    No rangers察they察of wood and field

    But huntsmen of the sword and shield。



                                                        antistrophe 1



    Heaven's jealousy察that works its will

    Sped thus on Troy its destined ill

      Well named察at once察the Bride and Bane

      And loud rang out the bridal strain

    But they to whom that song befell

      Did turn anon to tears again

    Zeus tarries察but avenges still

      The husband's wrong察the household's stain

    He察the hearth's lord察brooks not to see

    Its outraged hospitality。



    Even now察and in far other tone

    Troy chants her dirge of mighty moan

      Woe upon Paris察woe and hate

      Who wooed his country's doom for mate´

    This is the burthen of the groan

      Wherewith she wails disconsolate

    The blood察so many of her own

      Have poured in vain察to fend her fate

    Troy thou hast fed and freed to roam

      A lion´cub within thy home



                                                            strophe 2



      A suckling creature察newly ta'en

      From mother's teat察still fully fain

      Of nursing care察and oft caressed

      Within the arms察upon the breast

    Even as an infant察has it lain

      Or fawns and licks察by hunger pressed

    The hand that will assuage its pain

      In life's young dawn察a well´loved guest

    A fondling for the children's play

    A joy unto the old and grey。



                                                        antistrophe 2



    But waxing time and growth betrays

    The blood´thirst of the lion´race

      And察for the house's fostering care

      Unbidden all察it revels there

    And bloody recompense repays´

      Rent flesh of kine察its talons tare

    A mighty beast察that slays察and slays

      And mars with blood the household fair

    A God´sent pest invincible

    A minister of fate and hell。



                                                            strophe 3



    Even so to Ilion's city came by stealth

        A spirit as of windless seas and skies

      A gentle phantom´form of joy and wealth

        With love's soft arrows speeding from its eyes´

    Love's rose察whose thorn doth pierce the soul in subtle wise。



      Ah察well´a´day the bitter bridal´bed

        When the fair mischief lay by Paris' side

      What curse on palace and on people sped

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