The Hellenics [in Verse] Enlarged and Completed
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ISBN13: 9780217083591
Paperback|9780217083591
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Orestes. And didst not thou . . Electro. 'Twas 1, 'twas I, who did it; Of our unhappiest house the most unhappy Under this roof, by every God accurst, There is no grief, there is no guilt, but mine. Orestes. Electra no 'Tis now my time to suffer . . Mine be, with all its pangs, the righteous deed. XVII. THE MADNESS OF ORESTES. ORESTES AND ELECTRA. Orestes. Heavy and murderous dreams, O my Electra, Have dragged me from myself. Is this Mycenai ? Are we ... are all who should be ... in our house ? Living ? unhurt ? our father here ? our mother ? Why that deep gasp ? for 'twas not sigh nor groan. She then . . . 'twas she who fell when ? how ? beware No, no, speak out at once, that my full heart May meet it, and may share with thee in all . . Ii all ... but that one thing. It was a dream. We may share all. They live? both live ? O say it Electra. The Gods have placed them from us, and there rolls Between us that dark river . . . Orestes. Blood blood blood 1 see it roll; I see the hand above it, Imploring; I see her. Hiss me not back, Ye snake-hair'd maids I will look on; I will Hear the words gurgle thro' that cursed stream, And catch that hand .. that hand.. which slew my father It can not be .... how could it slay my father ? Death to the slave who spoke it ... slay my father It tost me up to him to earn a smile, And was a smile then such a precious boon, And royal state and proud affection nothing ? Ay, and thee too, Electra, she once taught To take the sceptre from him at the door . . Not the bath-door, not the bath-door, mind that . . And place it in the vestibule, against The spear of Pallas, where it used to stand. Where is it now ? methinks I missed it there. How we have trembled to be seen to mov...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217083591 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217083595 |
| Weight | 0.60 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 178 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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