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Aeschylus, agamemnon<br />
LEADER<br />
Thou womanish man, waiting till war did cease,<br />
Home-watcher and defiler of the couch,<br />
And arch-deviser of the chieftain's doom!<br />
AEGISTHUS<br />
Bold words again! but they shall end in tears.<br />
'The very converse, thine, of Orpheus' tongue:<br />
He roused and led in ecstasy of joy<br />
All things that heard his voice melodious;<br />
But thou as with the futile cry of curs<br />
Wilt draw men wrathfully upon thee. Peace!<br />
Or strong subjection soon shall tame thy tongue.<br />
LEADER<br />
Ay, thou art one to hold an Argive down--<br />
Thou, skilled to plan the murder of the king,<br />
But not with thine own hand to smite the blow!<br />
AEGISTHUS<br />
That fraudful force was woman's very part,<br />
Not mine, whom deep suspicion from of old<br />
Would have debarred. Now by his treasure's aid<br />
My purpose holds to rule the citizens.<br />
But whoso will not bear mv guiding hand,<br />
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