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Aeschylus, agamemnon<br />
And I will speak, but in dark speech no more.<br />
Bear witness, ye, and follow at my side--<br />
I scent the trail of blood, shed long ago.<br />
Within this house a choir abidingly<br />
Chants in harsh unison the chant of ill;<br />
Yea, and they drink, for more enhardened joy,<br />
Man's blood for wine, and revel in the halls,<br />
Departing never, Furies of the home.<br />
They sit within, they chant the primal curse,<br />
Each spitting hatred on that crime of old,<br />
The brother's couch, the love incestuous<br />
That brought forth hatred to the ravisher.<br />
Say, is my speech or wild and erring now,<br />
Or doth its arrow cleave the mark indeed?<br />
They called me once, The prophetess of lies,<br />
The wandering hag, the pest of every door--<br />
Attest ye now, She knows in very sooth<br />
The house's curse, the storied infamy.<br />
LEADER<br />
Yet how should oath--how loyally soe'er<br />
I swear it--aught avail thee? In good sooth,<br />
My wonder meets thy claim: I stand amazed<br />
That thou, a maiden born beyond the seas,<br />
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