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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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