bogus Aeschylus quote?

[Jonathan Lighter]

When I wrote _Prometheus Bound_, I meant to say _Agamemnon_. Edith
Hamilton's celebrated translation (1937) of the relevant lines:

"Drop, drop - in our sleep,  upon the heart
sorrow falls, memory's pain,
and to us, though against our very will,
even in our own despite
comes wisdom
by the awful grace of God."
JL

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > God knows what his mom thought.
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> Something like,
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> "My goodness! A child as precocious as this?! Why, I wouldn't be
> surprised if he grew up to be President!"
>
> doubtless.
>
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> -Wilson
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