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The Agamemnon of Ęschylus, Tr. [and] Illustr. by a Diss. on Grecian Tragedy, by J.s. Harford
The Agamemnon of schylus Tr Illustr by a Diss on Grecian Tragedy by Js Harford - and Author:Aeschylus General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1831 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Nor wound a parent's heart, nor stoop to ought Which purity, and virtuous shame condemn. Unj. -- Aye, my brave youth, do follow these fine rules, And learn by them to be as mere a swine, Driveller and dolt as any of the sons Of our Hippocrates. Just. -- Not so, but fair and fresh in youthful bloom Among our young athletics you shall shine ; Not in the forum, loit'ring time away In gossip prattle, like our gang of idlers, Nor yet in some vexatious paltry suit, Wrangling and quibbling in our petty courts; But in the solemn academic grove, Crown'd with the modest reed, fit converse hold With your collegiate equals; there serene, Calm as the scene around you, underneatli The fragrant foliage, which the ilex spreads, Where the deciduous poplar strews her leaves, Where the tall elm-tree, and wide-stretching-plane, Sigh to the fanning breeze, you shall inhale Sweet odours wafted on the breath of spring. This is the regimen that will insure A healthful body and a vigorous mind, A countenance serene, expanded chest, Heroic stature, and a temperate tongue. But take these modern masters, and behold These blessings all reversed : a pallid cheek, Shrunk shoulders, chest contracted, sapless limbs, A tongue that never rests, and mind debas'd By their vile sophistries, perversely taught To call good evil, evil good, and be A mere Antimachus -- the sink of vice. Chorus. -- Oh sage instructor, how sublime These maxims of the former time ! How sweet this unpolluted stream Of eloquence, how pure the theme!« less