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Aeschylus, agamemnon<br />
LEADER OF THE CHORUS<br />
Soon shall we know whereof the bale-fires tell,<br />
The beacons, kindled with transmitted flame;<br />
Whether, as well I deem, their tale is true,<br />
Or whether like some dream delusive came<br />
The welcome blaze but to befool our soul.<br />
For lo! I see a herald from the shore<br />
Draw hither, shadowed with the olive-wreath-<br />
And thirsty dust, twin-brother of the clay,<br />
Speaks plain of travel far and truthful news-<br />
No dumb surmise, nor tongue of flame in smoke,<br />
Fitfully kindled from the mountain pyre;<br />
But plainlier shall his voice say, All is well,<br />
Or-but away, forebodings adverse, now,<br />
And on fair promise fair fulfilment come!<br />
And whoso for the state prays otherwise,<br />
Himself reap harvest of his ill desire!<br />
A HERALD enters. He is an advance messenger from AGAMEMNON'S<br />
forces, which have just landed.<br />
HERALD<br />
O land of Argos, fatherland of mine!<br />
To thee at last, beneath the tenth year's sun,<br />
My feet return; the bark of my emprise,<br />
Tho' one by one hope's anchors broke away,<br />
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