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What curse on palace and on people sped
With her察the Fury sent on Priam's pride
By angered Zeus what tears of many a widowed bride
antistrophe 3
Long察long ago to mortals this was told
How sweet security and blissful state
Have curses for their children´so men hold´
And for the man of all´too prosperous fate
Springs from a bitter seed some woe insatiate。
Alone察alone察I deem far otherwise
Not bliss nor wealth it is察but impious deed
From which that after´growth of ill doth rise
Woe springs from wrong察the plant is like the seed´
While Right察in honour's house察doth its own likeness breed。
strophe 4
Some past impiety察some grey old crime
Breeds the young curse察that wantons in our ill
Early or late察when haps th'appointed time´
And out of light brings power of darkness still
A master´fiend察a foe察unseen察invincible
A pride accursed察that broods upon the race
And home in which dark Ate holds her sway´
Sin's child and Woe's察that wears its parents' face
antistrophe 4
While Right in smoky cribs shines clear as day
And decks with weal his life察who walks the righteous way。
From gilded halls察that hands polluted raise
Right turns away with proud averted eyes
And of the wealth察men stamp amiss with praise
Heedless察to poorer察holier temples hies
And to Fate's goal guides all察in its appointed wise。
AGAMEMNON enters察riding in a chariot and accompanied by
a great procession。 CASSANDRA follows in another chariot。
The CHORUS sings its welcome。
Hail to thee察chief of Atreus' race
Returning proud from Troy subdued
How shall I greet thy conquering face
How nor a fulsome praise obtrude
Nor stint the meed of gratitude
For mortal men who fall to ill
Take little heed of open truth
But seek unto its semblance still
The show of weeping and of ruth
To the forlorn will all men pay
But察of the grief their eyes display
Nought to the heart doth pierce its way。
And察with the joyous察they beguile
Their lips unto a feigned smile
And force a joy察unfelt the while
But he who as a shepherd wise
Doth know his flock察can ne'er misread
Truth in the falsehood of his eyes
Who veils beneath a kindly guise
A lukewarm love in deed。
And thou察our leader´when of yore
Thou badest Greece go forth to war
For Helen's sake´I dare avow
That then I held thee not as now
That to my vision thou didst seem
Dyed in the hues of disesteem。
I held thee for a pilot ill
And reckless察of thy proper will
Endowing others doomed to die
With vain and forced audacity
Now from my heart察ungrudgingly
To those that wrought察this word be said´
Well fall the labour ye have sped´
Let time and search察O king察declare
What men within thy city's bound
Were loyal to the kingdom's care
And who were faithless found。
AGAMEMNON still standing in the chariot
First察as is meet察a king's All´hail be said
To Argos察and the gods that guard the land´
Gods who with me availed to speed us home
With me availed to wring from Priam's town
The due of justice。 In the court of heaven
The gods in conclave sat and judged the cause
Not from a pleader's tongue察and at the close
Unanimous into the urn of doom
This sentence gave察On Ilion and her men
Death此and where hope drew nigh to pardon's urn
No hand there was to cast a vote therein。
And still the smoke of fallen Ilion
Rises in sight of all men察and the flame
Of Ate's hecatomb is living yet
And where the towers in dusty ashes sink
Rise the rich fumes of pomp and wealth consumed
For this must all men pay unto the gods
The meed of mindful hearts and gratitude
For by our hands the meshes of revenge
Closed on the prey察and for one woman's sake
Troy trodden by the Argive monster lies´
The foal察the shielded band that leapt the wall
What time with autumn sank the Pleiades。
Yea察o'er the fencing wall a lion sprang
Ravening察and lapped his fill of blood of kings。
Such prelude spoken to the gods in full
To you I turn察and to the hidden thing
Whereof ye spake but now此and in that thought
I am as you察and what ye say察say I。
For few are they who have such inborn grace
As to look up with love察and envy not
When stands another on the height of weal。
Deep in his heart察whom jealousy hath seized
Her poison lurking doth enhance his load
For now beneath his proper woes he chafes
And sighs withal to see another's weal。
I speak not idly察but from knowledge sure´
There be who vaunt an utter loyalty
That is but as the ghost of friendship dead
A shadow in a glass察of faith gone by。
One only´he who went reluctant forth
Across the seas with me´Odysseus´he
Was loyal unto me with strength and will
A trusty trace´horse bound unto my car。
Thus´be he yet beneath the light of day
Or dead察as well I fear´I speak his praise。
Lastly察whate'er be due to men or gods
With joint debate察in public council held
We will decide察and warily contrive
That all which now is well may so abide
For that which haply needs the healer's art
That will we medicine察discerning well
If cautery or knife befit the time。
Now察to my palace and the shrines of home
I will pass in察and greet you first and fair
Ye gods察who bade me forth察and home again´
And long may Victory tarry in my train
CLYTEMNESTRA enters from the palace察followed by maidens
bearing crimson robes。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Old men of Argos察lieges of our realm
Shame shall not bid me shrink lest ye should see
The love I bear my lord。 Such blushing fear
Dies at the last from hearts of human kind。
From mine own soul and from no alien lips
I know and will reveal the life I bore。
Reluctant察through the lingering livelong years
The while my lord beleaguered Ilion's wall。
First察that a wife sat sundered from her lord
In widowed solitude察was utter woe
And woe察to hear how rumour's many tongues
All boded evil´woe察when he who came
And he who followed spake of ill on ill
Keening Lost察lost察all lost thro' hall and bower。
Had this my husband met so many wounds
As by a thousand channels rumour told
No network e'er was full of holes as he。
Had he been slain察as oft as tidings came
That he was dead察he well might boast him now
A second Geryon of triple frame
With triple robe of earth above him laid´
For that below察no matter´triply dead
Dead by one death for every form he bore。
And thus distraught by news of wrath and woe
Oft for self´slaughter had I slung the noose
But others wrenched it from my neck away。
Hence haps it that Orestes察thine and mine
The pledge and symbol of our wedded troth
Stands not beside us now察as he should stand。
Nor marvel thou at this此he dwells with one
Who guards him loyally察'tis Phocis' king
Strophius察who warned me erst察Bethink thee察queen
What woes of doubtful issue well may fall
Thy lord in daily jeopardy at Troy
While here a populace uncurbed may cry
;Down witk the council察down ─bethink thee too
'Tis the world's way to set a harder heel
On fallen power。
For thy child's absence then
Such mine excuse察no wily afterthought。
For me察long since the gushing fount of tears
Is wept away察no drop is left to shed。
Dim are the eyes that ever watched till dawn
Weeping察the bale´fires察piled for thy return
Night after night unkindled。 If I slept
Each sound´the tiny humming of a gnat
Roused me again察again察from fitful dreams
Wherein I felt thee smitten察saw thee slain
Thrice for each moment of mine hour of sleep。
All this I bore察and now察released from woe
I hail my lord as watch´dog of a fold
As saving stay´rope of a storm´tossed ship
As column stout that holds the roof aloft
As only child unto a sire bereaved
As land beheld察past hope察by cr