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Thy words o'erbear my doubt�此�for news of good��
The ear of age hath ever youth enow��
But those within and Clytemnestra's self
Would fain hear all�察�glad thou their ears and mine。
��CLYTEMNESTRA enters from the palace。��
CLYTEMNESTRA
That night�察�when first the fiery courier came��
In sign that Troy is ta'en and razed to earth��
So wild a cry of joy my lips gave out��
That I was chidden´Hath the beacon watch
Made sure unto thy soul the sack of Troy��
A very woman thou�察�whose heart leaps light
At wandering rumours� �and with words like these
They showed me how I strayed�察�misled of hope。
Yet on each shrine I set the sacrifice��
And�察�in the strain they held for feminine��
Went heralds thro' the city�察�to and fro��
With voice of loud proclaim�察�announcing joy��
And in each fane they lit and quenched with wine
The spicy perfumes fading in the flame。
All is fulfilled�此�I spare your longer tale´
The king himself anon shall tell me all。
Remains to think what honour best may greet
My lord�察�the majesty of Argos�察�home。
What day beams fairer on a woman's eyes
Than this�察�whereon she flings the portal wide��
To hail her lord�察�heaven´shielded�察�home from war��
This to my husband�察�that he tarry not��
But turn the city's longing into joy��
Yea�察�let him come�察�and coming may he find
A wife no other than he left her�察�true
And faithful as a watch´dog to his home��
His foemen's foe�察�in all her duties leal��
Trusty to keep for ten long years unmarred
The store whereon he set his master´seal。
Be steel deep´dyed�察�before ye look to see
Ill joy�察�ill fame�察�from other wight�察�in me��
HERALD
'Tis fairly said�此�thus speaks a noble dame��
Nor speaks amiss�察�when truth informs the boast。
��CLYTEMNESTRA withdraws again into the palace。��
LEADER
So has she spoken´be it yours to learn
By clear interpreters her specious word。
Turn to me�察�herald´tell me if anon
The second well´loved lord of Argos comes��
Hath Menelaus safely sped with you��
HERALD
Alas´brief boon unto my friends it were��
To flatter them�察�for truth�察�with falsehoods fair��
LEADER
Speak joy�察�if truth be joy�察�but truth�察�at worst´
Too plainly�察�truth and joy are here divorced。
HERALD
The hero and his bark were rapt away
Far from the Grecian fleet�察�'tis truth I say。
LEADER
Whether in all men's sight from Ilion borne��
Or from the fleet by stress of weather torn��
HERALD
Full on the mark thy shaft of speech doth light��
And one short word hath told long woes aright。
LEADER
But say�察�what now of him each comrade saith��
What their forebodings�察�of his life or death��
HERALD
Ask me no more�此�the truth is known to none��
Save the earth´fostering�察�all´surveying Sun。
LEADER
Say�察�by what doom the fleet of Greece was driven��
How rose�察�how sank the storm�察�the wrath of heaven��
HERALD
Nay�察�ill it were to mar with sorrow's tale
The day of blissful news。 The gods demand
Thanksgiving sundered from solicitude。
If one as herald came with rueful face
To say�察�The curse has fallen�察�and the host
Gone down to death�察�and one wide wound has reached
The city's heart�察�and out of many homes
Many are cast and consecrate to death��
Beneath the double scourge�察�that Ares loves��
The bloody pair�察�the fire and sword of doom´
If such sore burden weighed upon my tongue��
'Twere fit to speak such words as gladden fiends。
But´coming as he comes who bringeth news
Of safe return from toil�察�and issues fair��
To men rejoicing in a weal restored´
Dare I to dash good words with ill�察�and say
For fire and sea�察�that erst held bitter feud��
Now swore conspiracy and pledged their faith��
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
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