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Aeschylus, agamemnon<br />
A shaming death, for those that should be dear<br />
Alas! and far away, in foreign land,<br />
He that should help doth stand!<br />
LEADER<br />
I knew th' old tales, the city rings withal-<br />
But now thy speech is dark, beyond my ken.<br />
CASSANDRA chanting<br />
O wretch, O purpose fell!<br />
Thou for thy wedded lord<br />
The cleansing wave hast poured-<br />
A treacherous welcome<br />
How the sequel tell?<br />
Too soon 'twill come, too soon, for now, even now,<br />
She smites him, blow on blow!<br />
LEADER<br />
Riddles bcyond my rede--I peer in vain<br />
Thro' the dim films that screen the prophecy<br />
CASSANDRA chanting<br />
God! a new sight! a net, a snare of hell,<br />
Set by her hand--herself a snare more fell<br />
A wedded wife, she slays her lord,<br />
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