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And hate that knows not fear�察�and fell device。
At home there tarries like a lurking snake��
Biding its time�察�a wrath unreconciled��
A wily watcher�察�passionate to slake��
In blood�察�resentment for a murdered child。
Such was the mighty warning�察�pealed of yore´
Amid good tidings�察�such the word of fear��
What time the fateful eagles hovered o'er
The kings�察�and Calchas read the omen clear。
��In strains like his�察�once more��
Sing woe and well´a´day� �but be the issue fair�。�
strophe 2
Zeus´if to The Unknown
That name of many names seem good´
Zeus�察�upon Thee I call。
Thro' the mind's every road
I passed�察�but vain are all��
Save that which names thee Zeus�察�the Highest One��
Were it but mine to cast away the load��
The weary load�察�that weighs my spirit down。
antistrophe 2
He that was Lord of old��
In full´blown pride of place and valour bold��
Hath fallen and is gone�察�even as an old tale told��
And he that next held sway��
By stronger grasp o'erthrown
Hath pass'd away��
And whoso now shall bid the triumph´chant arise
To Zeus�察�and Zeus alone��
He shall be found the truly wise。
strophe 3
'Tis Zeus alone who shows the perfect way
Of knowledge�此�He hath ruled��
Men shall learn wisdom�察�by affliction schooled。
In visions of the night�察�like dropping rain��
Descend the many memories of pain
Before the spirit's sight�此�through tears and dole
Comes wisdom o'er the unwilling soul´
A boon�察�I wot�察�of all Divinity��
That holds its sacred throne in strength�察�above the sky��
antistrophe 3
And then the elder chief�察�at whose command
The fleet of Greece was manned��
Cast on the seer no word of hate��
But veered before the sudden breath of Fate´
Ah�察�weary while� �for�察�ere they put forth sail��
Did every store�察�each minish'd vessel�察�fail��
While all the Achaean host
At Aulis anchored lay��
Looking across to Chalcis and the coast
Where refluent waters welter�察�rock�察�and sway��
strophe 4
And rife with ill delay
From northern Strymon blew the thwarting blast´
Mother of famine fell��
That holds men wand'ring still
Far from the haven where they fain would be� �
And pitiless did waste
Each ship and cable�察�rotting on the sea��
And�察�doubling with delay each weary hour��
Withered with hope deferred th' Achaeans' warlike flower。
But when�察�for bitter storm�察�a deadlier relief��
And heavier with ill to either chief��
Pleading the ire of Artemis�察�the seer avowed��
The two Atreidae smote their sceptres on the plain��
And�察�striving hard�察�could not their tears restrain��
antistrophe 4
And then the elder monarch spake aloud´
Ill lot were mine�察�to disobey��
And ill�察�to smite my child�察�my household's love and pride��
To stain with virgin blood a father's hands�察�and slay
My daughter�察�by the altar's side��
'Twixt woe and woe I dwell´
I dare not like a recreant fly��
And leave the league of ships�察�and fail each true ally��
For rightfully they crave�察�with eager fiery mind��
The virgin's blood�察�shed forth to lull the adverse wind´
God send the deed be well��
strophe 5
Thus on his neck he took
Fate's hard compelling yoke��
Then�察�in the counter´gale of will abhorr'd�察�accursed��
To recklessness his shifting spirit veered´
Alas� �that Frenzy�察�first of ills and worst��
With evil craft men's souls to sin hath ever stirred��
And so he steeled his heart´ah�察�well´a´day´
Aiding a war for one false woman's sake��
His child to slay��
And with her spilt blood make
An offering�察�to speed the ships upon their way��
antistrophe 5
Lusting for war�察�the bloody arbiters
Closed heart and ears�察�and would nor hear nor heed
The girl´voice plead��
Pity me�察�Father� �nor her prayers��
Nor tender�察�virgin years。
So�察�when the chant of sacrifice was done��
Her father bade the youthful priestly train
Raise her�察�like some poor kid�察�above the altar´stone��
From where amid her robes she lay
Sunk all in swoon away´
Bade them�察�as with the bit that mutely tames the steed��
Her fair lips' speech refrain��
Lest she should speak a curse on Atreus' home and seed��
strophe 6
So�察�trailing on the earth her robe of saffron dye��
With one last piteous dart from her beseeching eye。
Those that should smite she smote
Fair�察�silent�察�as a pictur'd form�察�but fain
To plead�察�Is all forgot��
How oft those halls of old��
Wherein my sire high feast did hold��
Rang to the virginal soft strain��
When I�察�a stainless child��
Sang from pure lips and undefiled��
Sang of my sire�察�and all
His honoured life�察�and how on him should fall
Heaven's highest gift and gain��
antistrophe 6
And then´but I beheld not�察�nor can tell��
What further fate befell��
But this is sure�察�that Calchas' boding strain
Can ne'er be void or vain。
This wage from justice' hand do sufferers earn��
The future to discern��
And yet´farewell�察�O secret of To´morrow��
Fore´knowledge is fore´sorrow。
Clear with the clear beams of the morrow's sun��
The future presseth on。
Now�察�let the house's tale�察�how dark soe'er��
Find yet an issue fair� �
So prays the loyal�察�solitary band
That guards the Apian land。
��They turn to CLYTEMNESTRA�察�who leaves the altars and comes
forward。��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
O queen�察�I come in reverence of thy sway´
For�察�while the ruler's kingly seat is void��
The loyal heart before his consort bends。
Now´be it sure and certain news of good��
Or the fair tidings of a flatt'ring hope��
That bids thee spread the light from shrine to shrine��
I�察�fain to hear�察�yet grudge not if thou hide。
CLYTEMNESTRA
As saith the adage�察�From the womb of Night
Spring forth�察�with promise fair�察�the young child Light。
Ay´fairer even than all hope my news´
By Grecian hands is Priam's city ta'en��
LEADER
What say'st thou�拭�doubtful heart makes treach'rous ear。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Hear then again�察�and plainly´Troy is ours��
LEADER
Thrills thro' heart such joy as wakens tears。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Ay�察�thro' those tears thine eye looks loyalty。
LEADER
But hast thou proof�察�to make assurance sure��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Go to�察�I have´unless the god has lied。
LEADER
Hath some night´vision won thee to belief��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Out on all presage of a slumb'rous soul��
LEADER
But wert thou cheered by Rumour's wingless word��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Peace´thou dost chide me as a credulous girl。
LEADER
Say then�察�how long ago the city fell��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Even in this night that now brings forth the dawn。
LEADER
Yet who so swift could speed the message here��
CLYTEMNESTRA
From Ida's top Hephaestus�察�lord of fire��
Sent forth his sign�察�and on�察�and ever on��
Beacon to beacon sped the courier´flame。
From Ida to the crag�察�that Hermes loves��
Of Lemnos�察�thence unto the steep sublime
Of Athos�察�throne of Zeus�察�the broad blaze flared。
Thence�察�raised aloft to shoot across the sea��
The moving light�察�rejoicing in its strength��
Sped from the pyre of pine�察�and urged its way��
In golden glory�察�like some strange new sun��
Onward�察�and reached Macistus' watching heights。
There�察�with no dull delay nor heedless sleep��
The watcher sped the tidings on in turn��
Until the guard upon Messapius' peak
Saw the far flame gleam on Euripus' tide��
And from the high´piled heap of withered furze
Lit the new sign and bade the message on。
Then the strong light�察�far´flown and yet undimmed��
Shot thro' the sky above Asopus' plain��
Bright as the moon�察�and on Cithaeron's crag
Aroused another watch of flying fire。
And there the sentinels no whit disowned��
But sent redoubled on�察�the hest of flame
Swift shot the light�察�above Gorgopis' bay��
To Aegiplanctus' mount�察�and bade the peak
Fail not the onward ordinance of fire。
And like a long beard streaming in the wind��
Full´fed with fuel�察�roared and rose the blaze��
And onward flaring�察�gleamed above the cape��
Beneath which shimmers the Saronic bay��
And thence leapt light unto Arachne's peak��
The mountain watch that looks upon our town。
Thence to th' Atreides' roof´in lineage fair��
A bright posterity of Ida's fire。
So sped from stage to stage�察�fulfilled in turn��
Flame after flame�察�along the course ordained��
And lo� �the last to speed upon its way
Sights the end first�察�and glows unto the goal。
And Troy is ta'en�察�and by this sign my lord
Tells me the tale�察�and ye have learne
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