 | Agis |  |
SCENE THE FIRST.
Agis.Agis.
Leonidas yet comes not: he perchance
Disdains the challenge? He dare not: here shame,
If nothing else, should bring him now. Erewhile
The people heard the generous invitation,
That I, by Anpharus, dispatch'd to him:
Many considerations yet restrain him,
Many and powerful; many apprehensions,
Though he be victor, lurk within his heart.
Ah, could I, could I, by his fears promote
The interest of Sparta! ... But at length
He comes; oh! does he thus appropriate
A royal retinue? It fits him well.
| Agis | |