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Wasting the Argives worn with toil and war。
Night and great horror of the rising wave
Came o'er us�察�and the blasts that blow from Thrace
Clashed ship with ship�察�and some with plunging prow
Thro' scudding drifts of spray and raving storm
Vanished�察�as strays by some ill shepherd driven。
And when at length the sun rose bright�察�we saw
Th' Aegaean sea´field flecked with flowers of death��
Corpses of Grecian men and shattered hulls。
For us indeed�察�some god�察�as well I deem��
No human power�察�laid hand upon our helm��
Snatched us or prayed us from the powers of air��
And brought our bark thro'all�察�unharmed in hull��
And saving Fortune sat and steered us fair��
So that no surge should gulf us deep in brine��
Nor grind our keel upon a rocky shore。
So 'scaped we death that lurks beneath the sea��
But�察�under day's white light�察�mistrustful all
Of fortune's smile�察�we sat and brooded deep��
Shepherds forlorn of thoughts that wandered wild
O'er this new woe�察�for smitten was our host��
And lost as ashes scattered from the pyre。
Of whom if any draw his life´breath yet��
Be well assured�察�he deems of us as dead��
As we of him no other fate forebode。
But heaven save all� �If Menelaus live��
He will not tarry�察�but will surely come��
Therefore if anywhere the high sun's ray
Descries him upon earth�察�preserved by Zeus��
Who wills not yet to wipe his race away��
Hope still there is that homeward he may wend。
Enough´thou hast the truth unto the end。
��The HERALD departs。��
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
Say�察�from whose lips the presage fell��
Who read the future all too well��
And named her�察�in her natal hour��
Helen�察�the bride with war for dower
'Twas one of the Invisible��
Guiding his tongue with prescient power。
On fleet�察�and host�察�and citadel��
War�察�sprung from her�察�and death did lour��
When from the bride´bed's fine´spun veil
She to the Zephyr spread her sail。
Strong blew the breeze´the surge closed oer
The cloven track of keel and oar��
But while she fled�察�there drove along��
Fast in her wake�察�a mighty throng´
Athirst for blood�察�athirst for war��
Forward in fell pursuit they sprung��
Then leapt on Simois' bank ashore��
The leafy coppices among´
No rangers�察�they�察�of wood and field��
But huntsmen of the sword and shield。
antistrophe 1
Heaven's jealousy�察�that works its will��
Sped thus on Troy its destined ill��
Well named�察�at once�察�the Bride and Bane��
And loud rang out the bridal strain��
But they to whom that song befell
Did turn anon to tears again��
Zeus tarries�察�but avenges still
The husband's wrong�察�the household's stain��
He�察�the hearth's lord�察�brooks not to see
Its outraged hospitality。
Even now�察�and in far other tone��
Troy chants her dirge of mighty moan��
Woe upon Paris�察�woe and hate��
Who wooed his country's doom for mate´
This is the burthen of the groan��
Wherewith she wails disconsolate
The blood�察�so many of her own
Have poured in vain�察�to fend her fate��
Troy� �thou hast fed and freed to roam
A lion´cub within thy home��
strophe 2
A suckling creature�察�newly ta'en
From mother's teat�察�still fully fain
Of nursing care�察�and oft caressed��
Within the arms�察�upon the breast��
Even as an infant�察�has it lain��
Or fawns and licks�察�by hunger pressed��
The hand that will assuage its pain��
In life's young dawn�察�a well´loved guest��
A fondling for the children's play��
A joy unto the old and grey。
antistrophe 2
But waxing time and growth betrays
The blood´thirst of the lion´race��
And�察�for the house's fostering care��
Unbidden all�察�it revels there��
And bloody recompense repays´
Rent flesh of kine�察�its talons tare��
A mighty beast�察�that slays�察�and slays��
And mars with blood the household fair��
A God´sent pest invincible��
A minister of fate and hell。
strophe 3
Even so to Ilion's city came by stealth
A spirit as of windless seas and skies��
A gentle phantom´form of joy and wealth��
With love's soft arrows speeding from its eyes´
Love's rose�察�whose thorn doth pierce the soul in subtle wise。
Ah�察�well´a´day� �the bitter bridal´bed��
When the fair mischief lay by Paris' side��
What curse on palace and on people sped
With her�察�the Fury sent on Priam's pride��
By angered Zeus� �what tears of many a widowed bride��
antistrophe 3
Long�察�long ago to mortals this was told��
How sweet security and blissful state
Have curses for their children´so men hold´
And for the man of all´too prosperous fate
Springs from a bitter seed some woe insatiate。
Alone�察�alone�察�I deem far otherwise��
Not bliss nor wealth it is�察�but impious deed��
From which that after´growth of ill doth rise��
Woe springs from wrong�察�the plant is like the seed´
While Right�察�in honour's house�察�doth its own likeness breed。
strophe 4
Some past impiety�察�some grey old crime��
Breeds the young curse�察�that wantons in our ill��
Early or late�察�when haps th'appointed time´
And out of light brings power of darkness still��
A master´fiend�察�a foe�察�unseen�察�invincible��
A pride accursed�察�that broods upon the race
And home in which dark Ate holds her sway´
Sin's child and Woe's�察�that wears its parents' face��
antistrophe 4
While Right in smoky cribs shines clear as day��
And decks with weal his life�察�who walks the righteous way。
From gilded halls�察�that hands polluted raise��
Right turns away with proud averted eyes��
And of the wealth�察�men stamp amiss with praise��
Heedless�察�to poorer�察�holier temples hies��
And to Fate's goal guides all�察�in its appointed wise。
��AGAMEMNON enters�察�riding in a chariot and accompanied by
a great procession。 CASSANDRA follows in another chariot。
The CHORUS sings its welcome。��
Hail to thee�察�chief of Atreus' race��
Returning proud from Troy subdued��
How shall I greet thy conquering face��
How nor a fulsome praise obtrude��
Nor stint the meed of gratitude��
For mortal men who fall to ill
Take little heed of open truth��
But seek unto its semblance still��
The show of weeping and of ruth
To the forlorn will all men pay��
But�察�of the grief their eyes display��
Nought to the heart doth pierce its way。
And�察�with the joyous�察�they beguile
Their lips unto a feigned smile��
And force a joy�察�unfelt the while��
But he who as a shepherd wise
Doth know his flock�察�can ne'er misread
Truth in the falsehood of his eyes��
Who veils beneath a kindly guise
A lukewarm love in deed。
And thou�察�our leader´when of yore
Thou badest Greece go forth to war
For Helen's sake´I dare avow
That then I held thee not as now��
That to my vision thou didst seem
Dyed in the hues of disestee