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the tonguester�察�the artifice´skilled��
Stand�察�whetting his tusks for the fight��
O surely�察�his eyes rolling´fell
Will with terrible madness be fraught I
O then will be charging of plume´waving words
with their wild´floating mane��
And then will be whirling of splinters��
and phrases smoothed down with the plane��
When the man would the grand´stepping maxims��
the language gigantic�察�repel
Of the hero´creator of thought。
There will his shaggy´born crest
upbristle for anger and woe��
Horribly frowning and growling��
his fury will launch at the foe
Huge´clamped masses of words��
with exertion Titanic up´tearing
Great ship´timber planks for the fray。
But here will the tongue be at work��
uncoiling�察�word´testing�察�refining��
Sophist´creator of phrases��
dissecting�察�detracting�察�maligning��
Shaking the envious bits��
and with subtle analysis paring
The lung's large labour away。
Here apparently there is a complete change of scene�察�to the Hall
of Pluto�察�with himself sitting on his throne�察�and DIONYSUS�察�AESCHYLUS��
and the foreground。
EURIPIDES
Don't talk to me�察�I won't give up the chair��
I say I am better in the art than he。
DIONYSUS
You hear him�察�Aeschylus�此�why don't you speak��
EURIPIDES
He'll do the grand at first�察�the juggling trick
He used to play in all his tragedies。
DIONYSUS
Come�察�my fine fellow�察�pray don't talk to big。
EURIPIDES
I know the man�察�I've scanned him through and through��
A savage´creating stubborn´pulling fellow��
Uncurbed�察�unfettered�察�uncontrolled of speech��
Unperiphrastic�察�bombastiloquent。
AESCHYLUS
Hah� �sayest thou so�察�child of the garden quean
And this to me�察�thou chattery´babble´collector��
Thou pauper´creating rags´and´patches´stitcher��
Thou shalt abye it dearly��
DIONYSUS
Pray�察�be still��
Nor heat thy soul to fury�察�Aeschylus。
AESCHYLUS
Not till I've made you see the sort of man
This cripple´maker is who crows so loudly。
DIONYSUS
Bring out a ewe�察�a black´fleeced ewe�察�my boys��
Here's a typhoon about to burst upon us。
AESCHYLUS
Thou picker´up of Cretan monodies��
Foisting thy tales of incest on the stage´
DIONYSUS
Forbear�察�forbear�察�most honoured Aeschylus��
And you�察�my poor Euripides�察�begone
If you are wise�察�out of this pitiless hail��
Lest with some heady word he crack your scull
And batter out your brain´less Telephus。
And not with passion�察�Aeschylus�察�but calmly
Test and be tested。 'Tis not meet for poets
To scold each other�察�like two baking´girls。
But you go roaring like an oak on fire。
EURIPIDES
I'm ready�察�I don't draw back one bit。
I'll lash or�察�if he will�察�let him lash first
The talk�察�the lays�察�the sinews of a play��
Aye and my Peleus�察�aye and Aeolus。
And Meleager�察�aye and Telephus。
DIONYSUS
And what do you propose�拭�Speak�察�Aeschylus。
AESCHYLUS
I could have wished to meet him otherwhere。
We fight not here on equal terms。
DIONYSUS
Why not��
AESCHYLUS
My poetry survived me�此�his died with him��
He's got it here�察�all handy to recite。
Howbeit�察�if so you wish it�察�so we'll have it。
DIONYSUS
O bring me fire�察�and bring me frankincense。
I'll pray�察�or e'er the clash of wits begin��
To judge the strife with high poetic skill。
Meanwhile ��to the CHORUS�� invoke the Muses with a song。
CHORUS
O Muses�察�the daughters divine
of Zeus�察�the immaculate Nine��
Who gaze from your mansions serene
on intellects subtle and keen��
When down to the tournament lists��
in bright´polished wit they descend��
With wrestling and turnings and twists
in the battle of words to contend��
O come and behold what the two
antagonist poets can do��
Whose mouths are the swiftest to teach
grand language and filings of speech��
For now of their wits is the sternest
encounter commencing in earnest。
DIONYSUS
Ye two�察�put up your prayers before ye start。
AESCHYLUS
Demeter�察�mistress�察�nourisher of my soul��
O make me worthy of thy mystic rites��
DIONYSUS ��to EURIPIDES��
Now put on incense�察�you。
EURIPIDES
Excuse me�察�no��
My vows are paid to other gods than these。
DIONYSUS
What�察�a new coinage of your own��
EURIPIDES
Precisely。
DIONYSUS
Pray then to them�察�those private gods of yours。
EURIPIDES
Ether�察�my pasture�察�volubly´rolling tongue��
Intelligent wit and critic nostrils keen��
O well and neatly may I trounce his plays��
CHORUS
We also are yearning from these to be learning
Some stately measure�察�some majestic grand
Movement telling of conflicts nigh。
Now for battle arrayed they stand��
Tongues embittered�察�and anger high。
Each has got a venturesome will��
Each an eager and nimble mind��
One will wield�察�with artistic skill��
Clearcut phrases�察�and wit refined��
Then the other�察�with words defiant��
Stern and strong�察�like an angry giant
Laying on with uprooted trees��
Soon will scatter a world of these
Superscholastic subtleties。
DIONYSUS
Now then�察�commence your arguments��
and mind you both display
True wit�察�not metaphors�察�nor things
which any fool could say。
EURIPIDES
As for myself�察�good people all��
I'll tell you by´and´by
My own poetic worth and claims��
but first of all I'll try
To show how this portentous quack
beguiled the silly fools
Whose tastes were nurtured�察�ere he came��
in Phrynichus's schools。
He'd bring some single mourner on��
seated and veiled�察�'twould be
Achilles�察�say�察�or Niobe
´the face you could not see´
An empty show of tragic woe��
who uttered not one thing。
DIONYSUS
'Tis true。
EURIPIDES
Then in the Chorus came�察�and rattled off a string
four continuous lyric odes��
the mourner never stirred。
DIONYSUS
I liked it too。 I sometimes think
that I those mutes preferred
To all your chatterers now´a´days。
EURIPIDES
Because�察�if you must know��
You were an ass。
DIONYSUS
An ass�察�no doubt��
what made him do it though��
EURIPIDES
That was his quackery�察�don't you see��
to set the audience guessing
When Niobe would speak�察�meanwhile��
the drama was progressing。
DIONYSUS
The rascal�察�how he took me in��
'Twas shameful�察�was it not��
��To AESCHYLUS�� What makes you stamp and fidget so��
EURIPIDES
He's catching it so hot。
So when he had humbugged thus awhile��
and now his wretched play
Was halfway through�察�a dozen words��
great wild´bull words�察�he'd say��
Fierce Bugaboos�察�with bristling crests��
and shaggy eyebrows too��
Which not a soul could understand。
AESCHYLUS
O heavens��
DIONYSUS
Be quiet�察�do。
EURIPIDES
But not one single word was clear。
DIONYSUS
St� �don't your teeth be gnashing。
EURIPIDES
'Twas all Scamanders�察�moated camps��
and griffin´eagles flashing
In burnished copper on the shields��
chivalric´precipice´high
Expressions�察�hard to comprehend。
DIONYSUS
Aye�察�by the Powers�察�and
Full many a sleepless night have spent
in anxious thought�察�because
I'd find the tawny cock´horse out��
what sort of bird it was��
AESCHYLUS
It was a sign�察�you stupid dolt��
engraved the ships upon。
DIONYSUS
Eryxis I supposed it was��
Philoxenus's son。
EURIPIDES
Now really should a cock be brought
into a tragic play��
AESCHYLUS
You enemy gods and men��
what was your practice�察�pray��
EURIPIDES
No cock´horse in my plays�察�by Zeus��
no goat´stag there you'll see��
Such figures as are blazoned forth
in Median tapestry。
When first I took the art from you��
bloated and swoln�察�poor thing��
With turgid gasconading words
and heavy dieting��
First I reduced and toned her down��
and made her slim and neat
With wordlets and with exercise
and poultices of beet��
And next a dose of chatterjuice��
distilled from books�察�I gave her��
And monodies she took�察�with sharp
Cephisophon for flavour。
I never used haphazard words��
or plunged abruptly in��
Who entered first explained at large
the drama's origin
And source。
AESCHYLUS
Its source�察�I really trust��
was better than your own。
EURIPIDES
Then from the very opening lines
no idleness was shown��
The mistress talked with all her might��
the servant talked as much��
The master talked�察�the maiden talked��
the beldame talked。
An outrage was not death your due��
EURIPIDES
No�察�by Apollo�察�no��
That was my democratic way。
DIONYSUS
Ah�察�let that topic go。
Your record is not there�察�my friend��
particularly good。
EURIPIDES
Then next I taught all these to speak。
AESCHYLUS
You did so�察�and I would
That ere such mischief you had wrought��
your very rungs had split。
EURIPIDES
Canons of verse I introduced��
and neatly chiselled wit��
To look�察�to scan�此�to plot�察�to plan��
to twist�察�to turn�察�to woo��
On all to spy�察�in all to pry。
AESCHYLUS
You did�此�I say so too。
EURIPIDES
I showed them scenes of common life��
the things we know and see��
Where any blunder would at once
by all detected be。
I never blustered on�察�or took
their breath and wits away
By Cycnuses or Memnons clad
in terrible array��
With bells upon t
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