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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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