(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Agamemnon - V:370

They have the stroke of Zeus to tell of.
This thing is clear and you may trace it.
He acted as he had decreed. A man thought
the gods deigned not to punish mortals
who trampled down the delicacy of things
inviolable. That man was wicked.
The curse on great daring
shines clear; it wrings atonement
from those high hearts that drive to evil,
from houses blossoming to pride
and peril. Let there be
wealth without tears; enough for
the wise man who will ask no further.
There is not any armor
is gold against perdition
for him who spurns the high altar
of Justice down to the darkness.

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