Such warfare—and what warfare!—shamed so fast,
So soon made obsolete, as fell their foe
By the first arrow native to the orb,
First onslaught worthy Aristophanes)—
Was this conviction's entry that same strange
'Something that happened' to confound your feast?"
"Ah, did he witness then my play that failed,
First 'Thesmophoriazousai'? Well and good!
But did he also see—your Euthukles—
My 'Grasshoppers,' which followed and failed too,