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    And grace of Artemis make women's travail light��

                                                            strophe 3

        No devastating curse of fell disease
             This city seize��
        No clamour of the State arouse to war
             Ares�察�from whom afar
        Shrinketh the lute�察�by whom the dances fail´
             Ares�察�the lord of wail。
        Swarm far aloof from Argos' citizens
             All plague and pestilence��
        And may the Archer´God our children spare��

                                                        antistrophe 3

        May Zeus with foison and with fruitfulness
            The land's each season bless��
        And�察�quickened with Heaven's bounty manifold��
            Teem grazing flock and fold。
        Beside the altars of Heaven's hallowing
            Loud let the minstrels sing��
    And from pure lips float forth the harp´led strain in air��

                                                            strophe 4

        And let the people's voice�察�the power
        That sways the State�察�in danger's hour
            Be wary�察�wise for all��
        Nor honour in dishonour hold��
        But´ere the voice of war be bold´
        Let them to stranger peoples grant
        Fair and unbloody covenant´
        Justice and peace withal��

                                                        antistrophe 4

        And to the Argive powers divine
        The sacrifice of laurelled kine��
            By rite ancestral�察�pay。
        Among three words of power and awe��
        Stands this�察�the third�察�the mighty law´
        Your gods�察�your fathers deified��
        Ye shall adore。 Let this abide
            For ever and for aye。
  DANAUS
    Dear children�察�well and wisely have ye prayed��
    I bid you now not shudder�察�though ye hear
    New and alarming tidings from your sire。
    From this high place beside the suppliants' shrine
    The bark of our pursuers I behold��
    By divers tokens recognized too well。
    Lo�察�the spread canvas and the hides that screen
    The gunwale�察�lo�察�the prow�察�with painted eyes
    That seem her onward pathway to descry��
    Heeding too well the rudder at the stern
    That rules her�察�coming for no friendly end。
    And look�察�the seamen´all too plain their race´
    Their dark limbs gleam from out their snow´white garb��
    Plain too the other barks�察�a fleet that comes
    All swift to aid the purpose of the first��
    That now�察�with furled sail and with pulse of oars
    Which smite the wave together�察�comes aland。
    But ye�察�be calm�察�and�察�schooled not scared by fear��
    Confront this chance�察�be mindful of your trust
    In these protecting gods。 And I will hence��
    And champions who shall plead your cause aright
    Will bring unto your side。 There come perchance
    Heralds or envoys�察�eager to lay hand
    And drag you captive hence�察�yet fear them not��
    Foiled shall they be。 Yet well it were for you
    ��If�察�ere with aid I come�察�I tarry long��
    Not by one step this sanctuary to leave。
    Farewell�察�fear nought�此�soon shall the hour be born
    When he that scorns the gods shall rue his scorn。
  CHORUS ��chanting��
    Ah�察�but I shudder�察�father� �ah�察�even now��
    Even as I speak�察�the swift´winged ships draw nigh��

                                                            strophe 1

    I shudder�察�I shiver�察�I perish with fear��
    Overseas though I fled��
    Yet nought it avails�察�my pursuers are near��
  DANAUS
    Children�察�take heart�察�they who decreed to aid
    Thy cause will arm for battle�察�well I ween。
  CHORUS
    But desperate is Aegyptus' ravening race��
    With fight unsated�察�thou too know'st it well。

                                                        antistrophe 1

    In their wrath they o'ertake us�察�the prow is deep´dark
          In the which they have sped��
    And dark is the bench and the crew of the bark��
  DANAUS
    Yea but a crew as stout they here shall find��
    And arms well steeled beneath a noon´day sun。
  CHORUS
    Ah yet�察�O father�察�leave us not forlorn��
    Alone�察�a maid is nought�察�a strengthless arm。

                                                            strophe 2

    With guile they pursue me�察�with counsel malign��
            And unholy their soul��
    And as ravens they seize me�察�unheeding the shrine��
  DANAUS
    Fair will befall us�察�children�察�in this chance��
    If thus in wrath they wrong the gods and you。
  CHORUS
    Alas�察�nor tridents nor the sanctity
    Of shrines will drive them�察�O my sire�察�from us��

                                                        antistrophe 2
    Unholy and daring and cursed is their ire��
            Nor own they control
    Of the gods�察�but like jackals they glut their desire��
  DANAUS
    Ay�察�but Come wolf�察�flee jackal�察�saith the saw��
    Nor can the flax´plant overbear the corn。
  LEADER OF THE CHORUS
    Lustful�察�accursed�察�monstrous is their will
    As of beasts ravening´'ware we of their power
  DANAUS
    Look you�察�not swiftly puts a fleet to sea��
    Nor swiftly to its moorings�察�long it is
    Or e'er the saving cables to the shore
    Are borne�察�and long or e'er the steersmen cry��
    The good ship swings at anchor´all is well。
    Longest of all�察�the task to come aland
    Where haven there is none�察�when sunset fades
    In night。 To pilot wise�察�the adage saith��
    Night is a day of wakefulness and pain。
    Therefore no force of weaponed men�察�as yet��
    Scatheless can come ashore�察�before the bark
    Lie at her anchorage securely moored。
    Bethink thee therefore�察�nor in panic leave
    The shrine of gods whose succour thou hast won。
    I go for aid´men shall not blame me long��
    Old�察�but with youth at heart and on my tongue。
                      ��DANAUS departs as the CHORUS sings in terror。��

  CHORUS
                                                            strophe 1

        O land of hill and dale�察�O holy land��
        What shall befall us�拭�whither shall we flee��
        From Apian land to some dark lair of earth��

    O would that in vapour of smoke I might rise to the clouds of the
      sky��
    That as dust which flits up without wings I might pass and evanish
      and die��

                                                        antistrophe 1

    I dare not�察�I dare not abide�此�my heart yearns�察�eager to fly��
    And dark is the cast of my thought�察�I shudder and tremble for
      fear。
    My father looked forth and beheld�此�I die of the sight that draws
      near。
    And for me be the strangling cord�察�the halter made ready by Fate��
    Before to my body draws nigh the man of my horror and hate。
    Nay�察�ere I will own him as lord�察�as handmaid to Hades I go��

                                                            strophe 2

    And oh�察�that aloft in the sky�察�where the dark clouds are frozen
      to snow��
    A refuge for me might be found�察�or a mountain´top smooth and too
      high
    For the foot of the goat�察�where the vulture sits lonely�察�and none
      may descry
    The pinnacle veiled in the cloud�察�the highest and sheerest of
      all��
    Ere to wedlock that rendeth my heart�察�and love that is loveless��
      I fall��

                                                        antistrophe 2

    Yea�察�a prey to the dogs and the birds of the mount will I give me
      to be�察�
    From wailing and curse and pollution it is death�察�only death�察�sets
      me free��
    Let death come upon me before to the ravisher's bed I am thrust��
    What champion�察�what saviour but death can I find�察�or what refuge
      from lust��

                                                            strophe 3

    I will utter my shriek of entreaty�察�a prayer that shrills up to
      the sky��
    That calleth the gods to compassion�察�a tuneful�察�a pitiful cry��
    That is loud to invoke the releaser。 O father�察�look down on the
      fight��
    Look down in thy wrath on the wronger�察�with eyes that are eager
      for right。
    Zeus�察�thou that art lord of the world�察�whose kingdom is strong
      over all��
    Have mercy on us� �At thine altar for refuge and safety we call。

                                                        antistrophe 3

    For the race of Aegyptus is fierce�察�with greed and with malice
      afire��
    They cry as the questing hounds�察�they sweep with the speed of
      desire。
    But thine is the balance of fate�察�thou rulest the wavering scale��
    And without thee no mortal emprise shall have strength to achieve
      or prevail。
    ��The CHORUS rushes to the altar during the final part of the
      song。��

        Alack�察�alack� �the ravisher´
    He leaps from boat to beach�察�he draweth near��
        Away�察�thou plunderer accurst��
            Death seize thee first��
    Or e'er thou touch me´off� �God�察�hear our cry��
            Our maiden agony��
    Ah�察�ah�察�the touch�察�the prelude of my shame。
            Alas�察�my maiden fame��
        O sister�察�sister�察�sister�察�to the altar cling��
            For he that seizeth me��
    Grim is his wrath and stern�察�by land as on the sea。
            Guard us�察�O king��

    ��The HERALD OF AEGYPTUS enters with attendants。 The lines in
        the following scene between the HERALD and the CHORUS are
        sung and are accompanied by a frenzied symbolic dance。��

  HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
    Hence to my barge´step swiftly�察�tarry not。
  CHORUS
    Alack�察�he rends´he rends my hair� �O wound on wound��
    Help� �my lopped head will fall�察�my blood gush o'er the ground��
  HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
    Aboard�察�ye cursed´with a new curse�察�go��
  CHORUS
      Would God that on the wand'ring brine
      Thou and this braggart tongue of thine
          Had sunk beneath the main´
      Thy mast and planks�察�made fast in vain��
      Thee would I drive aboard once more��
    A slayer and a dastard�察�from the shore��
  HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
        Be still�察�thou vain demented soul��
        My force thy craving shall control。
    Away�察�aboard� �What�察�clingest to the shrine��
    Away� �this city's gods I hold not for divine。
  CHORUS
        Aid me�察�ye gods�察�that never�察�never
            I may again behold
   
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