As for the rest, care shall—by no sleep conquered—

Dispose things—justly (gods to aid!) appointed.

Aga. Offspring of Leda, of my household warder,

Suitably to my absence hast thou spoken,

For long the speech thou didst outstretch! But aptly

To praise—from others ought to go this favor.

And for the rest,—not me, in woman's fashion,

Mollify, nor—as mode of barbarous man is—

To me gape forth a groundward-failing clamor!

Nor, strewing it with garments, make my passage