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CHORUS
Aid me�察�ye gods�察�that never�察�never
I may again behold
The mighty�察�the life´giving river��
Nilus�察�the quickener of field and fold��
Alack�察�O sire�察�unto the shrine I cling´
Shrine of this land from which mine ancient line did spring��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Shrines�察�shrines�察�forsooth� �the ship�察�the ship be shrine
Aboard�察�perforce and will´ye nill´ye�察�go��
Or e'er from hands of mine
Ye suffer torments worse and blow on blow。
CHORUS
Alack�察�God grant those hands may strive in vain
With the salt´streaming wave��
When 'gainst the wide´blown blasts thy bark shall strain
To round Sarpedon's cape�察�the sandbank's treach'rous grave。
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Shrill ye and shriek unto what gods ye may��
Ye shall not leap from out Aegyptus' bark��
How bitterly soe'er ye wail your woe。
CHORUS
Alack�察�alack my wrong��
Stern is thy voice�察�thy vaunting loud and strong。
Thy sire�察�the mighty Nilus�察�drive thee hence��
Turning to death and doom thy greedy violence��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Swift to the vessel of the double prow��
Go quickly� �let none linger�察�else this hand
Ruthless will hale you by your tresses hence。
CHORUS
Alack�察�O father� �from the shrine
Not aid but agony is mine。
As a spider he creeps and he clutches his prey��
And he hales me away。
A spectre of darkness�察�of darkness。 Alas and alas� �well´a´day��
O Earth�察�O my mother� �O Zeus�察�thou king of the earth�察�and her
child��
Turn back�察�we pray thee�察�from us his clamour and threatenings
wild��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Peace� �I fear not this country's deities。
They fostered not my childhood nor mine age。
CHORUS
Like a snake that is human he comes�察�he shudders and crawls to my
side��
As an adder that biteth the foot�察�his clutch on my flesh doth
abide。
O Earth�察�O my mother� �O Zeus�察�thou king of the earth�察�and her
child��
Turn back�察�we pray thee�察�from us his clamour and threatenings
wild��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Swift each unto the ship�察�repine no more��
Or my hand shall not spare to rend your robe。
CHORUS
O chiefs�察�O leaders�察�aid me�察�or I yield��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Peace� �if ye have not ears to hear my words��
Lo�察�by these tresses must I hale you hence。
CHORUS
Undone we are�察�O king� �all hope is gone。
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Ay�察�kings enow ye shall behold anon��
Aegyptus' sons´Ye shall not want for kings。
��The KING OF ARGOS enters with his retinue。��
THE KING OF ARGOS
Sirrah�察�what dost thou�拭�in what arrogance
Darest thou thus insult Pelasgia's realm��
Deemest thou this a woman´hearted town��
Thou art too full of thy barbarian scorn
For us of Grecian blood�察�and�察�erring thus��
Thou dost bewray thyself a fool in all��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Say thou wherein my deeds transgress my right。
THE KING OF ARGOS
First�察�that thou play'st a stranger's part amiss。
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Wherein�拭�I do but search and claim mine own。
THE KING OF ARGOS
To whom of our guest´champions hast appealed��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
To Hermes�察�herald's champion�察�lord of search。
THE KING OF ARGOS
Yea�察�to a god´yet dost thou wrong the gods��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
The gods that rule by Nilus I revere。
THE KING OF ARGOS
Hear I aright�拭�our Argive gods are nought��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
The prey is mine�察�unless force rend it from me。
THE KING OF ARGOS
At thine own peril touch them´'ware�察�and soon��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
I hear thy speech�察�no hospitable word。
THE KING OF ARGOS
I am no host for sacrilegious hands。
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
I will go tell this to Aegyptus' sons。
THE KING OF ARGOS
Well it I my pride will ponder not thy word。
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Yet�察�that I have my message clear to say
��For it behoves that heralds' words be clear��
Be they or ill or good���察�how art thou named��
By whom despoiled of this sister´band
Of maidens pass I homeward�拭�speak and say��
For lo�察�henceforth in Ares' court we stand��
Who judges not by witness but by war��
No pledge of silver now can bring the cause
To issue�此�ere this thing end�察�there must be
Corpse piled on corpse and many lives gasped forth。
THE KING OF ARGOS
What skills it that I tell my name to thee��
Thou and thy mates shall learn it ere the end。
Know that if words unstained by violence
Can change these maidens' choice�察�then mayest thou��
With full consent of theirs�察�conduct them hence。
But thus the city with one voice ordained´
No force shall bear away the maiden band。
Firmly this word upon the temple wall
Is by a rivet clenched�察�and shall abide��
Not upon wax inscribed and delible��
Nor upon parchment sealed and stored away。´
Lo�察�thou hast heard our free mouths speak their will��
Out from our presence´tarry not�察�but go��
HERALD OF AEGYPTUS
Methinks we stand on some new edge of war��
Be strength and triumph on the young men's side��
THE KING OF ARGOS
Nay but here also shall ye find young men��
Unsodden with the juices oozed from grain。
��The HERALD OF AEGYPTUS and his followers withdraw。��
But ye�察�O maids�察�with vour attendants true��
Pass hence with trust into the fenced town��
Ringed with a wide confine of guarding towers。
Therein are many dwellings for such guests
As the State honours�察�there myself am housed
Within a palace neither scant nor strait。
There dwell ye�察�if ye will to lodge at ease
In halls well´thronged�此�yet�察�if your soul prefer��
Tarry secluded in a separate home。
Choose ye and cull�察�from these our proffered gifts��
Whiche'er is best and sweetest to your will��
And I and all these citizens whose vote
Stands thus decreed�察�will your protectors be。
Look not to find elsewhere more loyal guard。
CHORUS ��singing��
O godlike chief�察�God grant my prayer��
Fair blessings on thy proffers fair��
Lord of Pelasgia's race��
Yet�察�of thy grace�察�unto our side
Send thou the man of courage tried��
Of counsel deep and prudent thought
Be Danaus to his children brought��
For his it is to guide us well
And warn where it behoves to dwell´
What place shall guard and shelter us
From malice and tongues slanderous��
Swift always are the lips of blame
A stranger´maiden to defame´
But Fortune give us grace��
THE KING OF ARGOS
A stainless fame�察�a welcome kind
From all this people shall ye find��
Dwell therefore�察�damsels�察�loved of us��
Within our walls�察�as Danaus
Allots to each�察�in order due��
Her dower of attendants true。
��DANAUS re´enters。 A troop of soldiers accompanies him。��
DANAUS
High thanks�察�my children�察�unto Argos con��
And to this folk�察�as to Olympian gods��
Give offerings meet of sacrifice and wine��
For saviours are they in good sooth to you。
From me they heard�察�and bitter was their wrath��
How those your kinsmen strove to work you wrong��
And how of us were thwarted�此�then to me
This company of spearmen did they grant��
That honoured I might walk�察�nor unaware
Die by some secret thrust and on this land
Bring down the curse of death�察�that dieth not。
Such boons they gave me�此�it behoves me pay
A deeper reverence from a soul sincere。
Ye�察�to the many words of wariness
Spoken by me your father�察�add this word��
That�察�tried by time�察�our unknown company
Be held for honest�此�over´swift are tongues
To slander strangers�察�over´light is speech
To bring pollution on a stranger's name。
Therefore I rede you�察�bring no shame on me
Now when man's eye beholds your maiden prime。
Lovely is beauty's ripening harvest´field��
But ill to guard�察�and men and beasts�察�I wot��
And birds and creeping things make prey of it。
And when the fruit is ripe for love�察�the voice
Of Aphrodite bruiteth it abroad��
The while she guards the yet unripened growth。
On the fair richness of a maiden's bloom
Each passer looks�察�o'ercome with strong desire��
With eyes that waft the wistful dart of love。
Then be not such our hap�察�whose livelong toil
Did make our pinnace plough the mighty main��
Nor bring we shame upon ourselves�察�and joy
Unto my foes。 Behold�察�a twofold home´
One of the king's and one the people's gift´
Unbought�察�'tis yours to hold�察�a gracious boon。
Go´but remember ye your sire's behest��
And hold your life less dear than chastity。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
The gods above grant that all else be well。
But fear not thou�察�O sire�察�lest aught befal
Of ill unto our ripened maidenhood。
So long as Heaven have no new ill devised��
From its chaste path my spirit shall not swerve。
��The members of the CHORUS divide into two groups�察�to sing the
final choral lyric responsively。��
SEMI´CHORUS
strophe 1
Pass and adore ye the Blessed�察�the gods of the city who dwell
Around Erasinus�察�the gush of the swift immemorial tide。
SEMI´CHORUS
Chant ye�察�O maidens�察�aloud let the praise of Pelasgia swell��
Hymn we no longer the shores where Nilus to ocean doth glide。
SEMI´CHORUS
antistrophe 1
Sing we the bounteous streams that ripple and gush through the
city��
Quickening flow they and fertile�察�the soft new life of the plain。
SEMI´CHORUS
Artemis�察�maiden most pure�察�look on us with grace and with pity´
Save us from forced embraces�此�such love hath no crown but a pain。
SEMI´CHORUS
strophe 2
Yet not in scorn we chant�察�but in honour of Aphrodite��
She truly and Hera alone have power with Zeus and control。
Holy the deeds of her rite�察�her craft is secret and mighty��
And high is her honour on earth�察�and subtle
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