Our sleepless zeal, with favour of the gods,

Shall order as befits.

Agamemnon.

Daughter of Leda, guardian of my house!

Almost thou seem’st to have spun thy welcome out

To match my lengthened absence; but I pray thee

Praise with discretion, and let other mouths

Proclaim my pæans. For the rest, abstain

From delicate tendance that would turn my manhood

To woman’s temper. Not in barbaric wise