ORESTES
Me to the rulers of this house announce,
For unto them, bearer of news, I come.
Haste, for Night's dusky car rolls on apace,
And time it is for weary traveller
Anchor to drop in hospitable home.
Let one in trust, a woman bearing rule,
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Come forth; yet more decorous were a man.
For when by bashfulness the tongue is swayed
Darkened is speech ;—boldly man speaks to man,
And tells his message forth without reserve.
Libation Bearers. Aeschylus. Anna Swanwick (Translator). London. 1886.
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