THE FROGS. 199

- Bac. “Well, I don’t think I can decide. One I
think very wise, and the other I like; and I should
not wish to be on bad terms with either.”

Pluto. “And are you not going to do what you
came for?”

Bac. “Well, if I do decide, what then ?”’

Plu. “You will take the one you choose and go.
So you won’t have come for nothing.” |

Bac. “Bless you for a good fellow. Then I’ll
try. I came down for a poet.”

Eur. “With what object?”

Bac. “ This: I want to have a prosperous Athens
exhibiting tragedies as they should be exhibited;
and so I mean to take back with me the man who
can give the country a good piece of advice. What
do you think about Alcibiades? Athens is having
a hard time of it with him.” .

Eur. “ And what does she feel about him?”

Bac. “She loves and she detests, yet longs to have.”
Eur. “J hate the man that still is slow to help
His country, quick to harm her, and contrives
Much profit for himself and none for her.”
sch.“ Rear not a lion’s cub within your walls;
But having reared him, let him work his will.”
Bac. “Tam puzzled still. Try again. How would
you save your country ?”

Eur. “The counsellors you trust in, trust no more;
The men you use not, use; so save your land.”