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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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