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THE LYSISTRATA 113
Have inspired these wretched women
all our wealth and pay to seize.
Pay from whence I get my living.
Gods ! to hear these shallow wenches
taking citizens to task,
Prattling of a brassy buckler,
jabbering of a martial casque !
Gods ! to think that they have ventured
with Laconian men to deal,
Men of just the faith and honour
that a ravening wolf might feel !
Plots they're hatching, plots contriving,
plots of rampant Tyranny ;
But o'er US they shan't be Tyrants,
no, for on my guard I'll be,
And I'll dress my sword in myrtle,
and with firm and dauntless hand,
Here beside Aristogeiton
resolutely take my stand,
Marketing in arms beside him.
This the time and this the place
When my patriot arm must deal a
blow upon that woman's face.
One is tempted to quote Mr. Rogers in-
definitely ; indeed, there are a score of good
things to which we would gladly call attention.
Having warned readers that this version is
not a translation in the sense that the versions
of The Frogs and The Birds are, we can, with
a clear conscience, urge all to read it who
care for good literature or are interested in
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