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'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。
Lief�察�lief I were�察�that all
To unfulfilment's hidden realm might fall。
strophe 2
Too far�察�too far our mortal spirits strive��
Grasping at utter weal�察�unsatisfied´
Till the fell curse�察�that dwelleth hard beside��
Thrust down the sundering wall。 Too fair they blow��
The gales that waft our bark on Fortune's tide��
Swiftly we sail�察�the sooner an to drive
Upon the hidden rock�察�the reef of woe。
Then if the hand of caution warily
Sling forth into the sea
Part of the freight�察�lest all should sink below��
From the deep death it saves the bark�此�even so��
Doom´laden though it be�察�once more may rise
His household�察�who is timely wise。
How oft the famine´stricken field
Is saved by God's large gift�察�the new year's yield��
antistrophe 2
But blood of man once spilled��
Once at his feet shed forth�察�and darkening the plain�察�
Nor chant nor charm can call it back again。
So Zeus hath willed��
Else had he spared the leech Asclepius�察�skilled
To bring man from the dead�此�the hand divine
Did smite himself with death´a warning and a sign´
Ah me� �if Fate�察�ordained of old��
Held not the will of gods constrained�察�controlled��
Helpless to us´ward�察�and apart´
Swifter than speech my heart
Had poured its presage out��
Now�察�fretting�察�chafing in the dark of doubt��
'Tis hopeless to unfold
Truth�察�from fear's tangled skein�察�and�察�yearning to proclaim
Its thought�察�my soul is prophecy and flame。
��CLYTEMNESTRA comes out of the palace and addresses CASSANDRA��
who has remained motionless in her chariot。��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Get thee within thou too�察�Cassandra�察�go��
For Zeus to thee in gracious mercy grants
To share the sprinklings of the lustral bowl��
Beside the altar of his guardianship��
Slave among many slaves。 What�察�haughty still��
Step from the car�察�Alcmena's son�察�'tis said��
Was sold perforce and bore the yoke of old。
Ay�察�hard it is�察�but�察�if such fate befall��
'Tis a fair chance to serve within a home
Of ancient wealth and power。 An upstart lord��
To whom wealth's harvest came beyond his hope��
Is as a lion to his slaves�察�in all
Exceeding fierce�察�immoderate in sway。
Pass in�此�thou hearest what our ways will be。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Clear unto thee�察�O maid�察�is her command��
But thou´within the toils of Fate thou art´
If such thy will�察�I urge thee to obey��
Yet I misdoubt thou dost nor hear nor heed。
CLYTEMNESTRA
I wot´unless like swallows she doth use
Some strange barbarian tongue from oversea´
My words must speak persuasion to her soul。
LEADER
Obey�此�there is no gentler way than this。
Step from the car's high seat and follow her。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Truce to this bootless waiting here without��
I will not stay�此�beside the central shrine
The victims stand�察�prepared for knife and fire´
Offerings from hearts beyond all hope made glad。
Thou´if thou reckest aught of my command��
'Twere well done soon�此�but if thy sense be shut
From these my words�察�let thy barbarian hand
Fulfil by gesture the default of speech。
LEADER
No native is she�察�thus to read thy words
Unaided�此�like some wild thing of the wood��
New´trapped�察�behold� �she shrinks and glares on thee。
CLYTEMNESTRA
'Tis madness and the rule of mind distraught��
Since she beheld her city sink in fire��
And hither comes�察�nor brooks the bit�察�until
In foam and blood her wrath be champed away。
See ye to her�察�unqueenly 'tis for me��
Unheeded thus to cast away my words。