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Aeschylus, agamemnon<br />
Gift of the army to its chief and lord.<br />
-Now, since in this my will bows down to thine,<br />
I will pass in on purples to my home.<br />
He descends from the chariot, and moves towards the palace.<br />
CLYTEMNESTRA<br />
A Sea there is-and who shall stay its springs?<br />
And deep within its breast, a mighty store,<br />
Precious as silver, of the purple dye,<br />
Whereby the dipped robe doth its tint renew.<br />
Enough of such, O king, within thy halls<br />
There lies, a store that cannot fail; but I-<br />
I would have gladly vowed unto the gods<br />
Cost of a thousand garments trodden thus,<br />
(Had once the oracle such gift required)<br />
Contriving ransom for thy life preserved.<br />
For while the stock is firm the foliage climbs,<br />
Spreading a shade, what time the dog-star glows;<br />
And thou, returning to thine hearth and home,<br />
Art as a genial warmth in winter hours,<br />
Or as a coolness, when the lord of heaven<br />
Mellows the juice within the bitter grape.<br />
Such boons and more doth bring into a home<br />
The present footstep of its proper lord.<br />
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