Aeschylus - Fragment from Aeschylus

Aeschylus - Fragment from Aeschylus

The man who rightly acts without coercion br Will not be grieved, can never wholly sink in wretchedness; br While the lawless criminal is forcibly dragged under br In the current of time when from the shattered mast br The elements rip down his sails. br He shouts, there is no ear to hear him br Struggling, hopeless, at the maelstrom's center. br Gods laugh at the transgressor now, br Watching him, his pride now wrecked, br Caught in desperation's shackles. br He flees the rocks in vain; br His fortunes smash on retribution's reef br And, unmourned, he is engulfed.


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