Creative Books

{939}
General exultation (_in Lyric measures_) succeeds, which increases as
_Orestes_ and _Pylades re-enter bearing the corpse of Aegisthus_.
After brief celebration of the deed the face of the corpse is
uncovered, and Electra, gazing at it, gives vent to her scorn and
hatred: how he had slain a hero, made her an orphan, lived in shame
with her mother, enjoying and trusting in her father's wealth: but
Nature is firm, not riches: she remains
For ever, and triumphant lifts her head.
But unjust wealth, which sojourns with the base,
Glitters for some short space, then flies away.
His effeminate manners are more than maiden tongue may speak of; beauty
graced his perfect form:
But be not mine a husband, whose fair face
In softness with a virgin's vies, but one
Of manly manners; for the sons of such
By martial toils are trained to glorious deeds;
The beauteous only the dance give grace.
Let the wicked in future learn they are not secure till the goal of
life is reached.


Pages:
98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122