PELASGOS
Why tell to thee my name? Tutored by time,
Know it thou shalt and those who sail with thec.
As for these maids, provided they consent
With willing hearts,-if pious word prevail,-
Them thou may'st take; but by the public voice,
Unanimous, hath this decree been passed;-
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Ne'er on compulsion to deliver up
This female train;-firmly through this resolve
The nail is driven, so to abide unmoved.
Neither inscribed on tablets nor sealed up
In folds of books these matters are, but them
Plainly thou hearest from free-spoken tongue.
Now, with all speed, betake thee from my sight.
Supplices. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.
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