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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 crews forlorn��
As sunshine fair when tempest's wrath is past��
As gushing spring to thirsty wayfarer。
So sweet it is to 'scape the press of pain。
With such salute I bid my husband hail
Nor heaven be wroth therewith� �for long and hard
I bore that ire of old。
Sweet lord�察�step forth��
Step from thy car�察�I pray´nay�察�not on earth
Plant the proud foot�察�O king�察�that trod down Troy��
Women� �why tarry ye�察�whose task it is
To spread your monarch's path with tapestry��
Swift�察�swift�察�with purple strew his passage fair��
That justice lead him to a home�察�at last��
He scarcely looked to see。
��The attendant women spread the tapestry。��
For what remains��
Zeal unsubdued by sleep shall nerve my hand
To work as right and as the gods command。
AGAMEMNON ��still in the chariot��
Daughter of Leda�察�watcher o'er my home��
Thy greeting well befits mine absence long��
For late and hardly has it reached its end。
Know�察�that the praise which honour bids us crave��
Must come from others' lips�察�not from our own��
See too that not in fashion feminine
Thou make a warrior's pathway delicate��
Not unto me�察�as to some Eastern lord��
Bowing thyself to earth�察�make homage loud。
Strew not this purple that shall make each step
An arrogance�察�such pomp beseems the gods��
Not me。 A mortal man to set his foot
On these rich dyes�拭�I hold such pride in fear��
And bid thee honour me as man�察�not god。
Fear not´such footcloths and all gauds apart��
Loud from the trump of Fame my name is blown��
Best gift of heaven it is�察�in glory's hour��
To think thereon with soberness�此�and thou´
Bethink thee of the adage�察�Call none blest
Till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal。
'Tis said�此�I fain would fare unvexed by fear。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Nay�察�but unsay it´thwart not thou my will��
AGAMEMNON
Know�察�I have said�察�and will not mar my word。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Was it fear made this meekness to the gods��
AGAMEMNON
If cause be cause�察�'tis mine for this resolve。
CLYTEMNESTRA
What�察�think'st thou�察�in thy place had Priam done��
AGAMEMNON
He surely would have walked on broidered robes。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Then fear not thou the voice of human blame。
AGAMEMNON
Yet mighty is the murmur of a crowd。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Shrink not from envy�察�appanage of bliss。
AGAMEMNON
War is not woman's part�察�nor war of words。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Yet happy victors well may yield therein。
AGAMEMNON
Dost crave for triumph in this petty strife��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Yield�察�of thy grace permit me to prevail��
AGAMEMNON
Then�察�if thou wilt�察�let some one stoop to loose
Swiftly these sandals�察�slaves beneath my foot��
And stepping thus upon the sea's rich dye��
I pray�察�Let none among the gods look down
With jealous eye on me´reluctant all��
To trample thus and mar a thing of price��
Wasting the wealth of garments silver´worth。
Enough hereof�此�and�察�for the stranger maid��
Lead her within�察�but gently�此�God on high
Looks graciously on him whom triumph's hour
Has made not pitiless。 None willingly
Wear the slave's yoke´and she�察�the prize and flower
Of all we won�察�comes hither in my train��
Gift of the army to its chief and lord。
´Now�察�since in this my will bows down to thine��
I will pass in on purples to my home。
��He descends from the chariot�察�and moves towards the palace。��
CLYTEMNESTRA
A Sea there is´and who shall stay its springs��
And deep within its breast�察�a mighty store��
Precious as silver�察�of the purple dye��
Whereby the dipped robe doth its tint renew。
Enough of such�察�O king�察�within thy halls
There lies�察�a store that cannot fail�察�but I´
I would have gladly vowed unto the gods
Cost of a thousand garments trodden thus��
��Had once the oracle such gift required��
Contriving ransom for thy life preserved。
For while the stock is firm the foliage climbs��
Spreading a shade�察�what time the dog´star glows��
And thou�察�returning to thine hearth and home��
Art as a genial warmth in winter hours��
Or as a coolness�察�when the lord of heaven
Mellows the juice within the bitter grape。
Such boons and more doth bring into a home
The present footstep of its proper lord。
Zeus�察�Zeus�察�Fulfilment's lord� �my vows fulfil��
And whatsoe'er it be�察�work forth thy will��
��She follows AGAMEMNON into the palace。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
Wherefore for ever on the wings of fear
Hovers a vision drear
Before my boding heart�拭�a strain��
Unbidden and unwelcome�察�thrills mine ear��
Oracular of pain。
Not as of old upon my bosom's throne
Sits Confidence�察�to spurn
Such fears�察�like dreams we know not to discern。
Old�察�old and grey long since the time has grown��
Which saw the linked cables moor
The fleet�察�when erst it came to Ilion's sandy shore��
antistrophe 1
And now mine eyes and not another's see
Their safe return。
Yet none the less in me
The inner spirit sings a boding song��
Self´prompted�察�sings the Furies' strain´
And seeks�察�and seeks in vain��
To hope and to be strong��
Ah� �to some end of Fate�察�unseen�察�unguessed��
Are these wild throbbings of my heart and breast´
Yea�察�of some doom they tell´
Each pulse�察�a knell。
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