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Thus have I prayed�察�and thus I shed these streams��
And follow ye the wont�察�and as with flowers
Crown ye with many a tear and cry the dirge
Your lips ring out above the dead man's grave。
��She pours the libations。��
CHORUS ��chanting��
Woe�察�woe�察�woe��
Let the teardrop fall�察�plashing on the ground
Where our lord lies low��
Fall and cleanse away the cursed libation's stair。��
Shed on this grave´mound��
Fenced wherein together�察�gifts of good or bane
From the dead are found。
Lord of Argos�察�hearken��
Though around thee darken
Mist of death and hell�察�arise and hear
Hearken and awaken to our cry of woe��
Who with might of spear
Shall our home deliver��
Who like Ares bend until it quiver��
Bend the northern bow��
Who with hand upon the hilt himself will thrust with glaive��
Thrust and slay and save��
ELECTRA
Lo� �the earth drinks them�察�to my sire they pass´
��She notices the locks Of ORESTES。��
Learn ye with me of this thing new and strange。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Speak thou�察�my breast doth palpitate with fear。
ELECTRA
I see upon the tomb a curl new shorn。
LEADER
Shorn from wnat man or what deep´girded maid��
ELECTRA
That may he�察�guess who will�察�the sign is plain。
LEADER
Let me learn this of thee�察�let youth prompt age。
ELECTRA
None is there here but I�察�to clip such gift。
LEADER
For they who thus should mourn him hate him sore。
ELECTRA
And lo� �in truth the hair exceeding like´
LEADER
Like to what locks and whose�拭�instruct me that。
ELECTRA
Like unto those my father's children wear。
LEADER
Then is this lock Orestes' secret gift��
ELECTRA
Most like it is unto the curls he wore。
LEADER
Yet how dared he to come unto his home��
ELECTRA
He hath but sent it�察�clipt to mourn his sire。
LEADER
It is a sorrow grievous as his death��
That he should live yet never dare return。
ELECTRA
Yea�察�and my heart o'erflows with gall of grief��
And I am pierced as with a cleaving dart��
Like to the first drops after drought�察�my tears
Fall down at will�察�a bitter bursting tide��
As on this lock I gaze�察�I cannot deem
That any Argive save Orestes' self
Was ever lord thereof�察�nor�察�well I wot��
Hath she�察�the murd'ress�察�shorn and laid this lock
To mourn him whom she slew´my mother she��
Bearing no mother's heart�察�but to her race
A loathing spirit�察�loathed itself of heaven��
Yet to affirm�察�as utterly made sure��
That this adornment cometh of the hand
Of mine Orestes�察�brother of my soul��
I may not venture�察�yet hope flatters fair��
Ah well´a´day�察�that this dumb hair had voice
To glad mine ears�察�as might a messenger��
Bidding me sway no more 'twixt fear and hope��
Clearly commanding�察�Cast me hence away��
Clipped was I from some head thou lovest not��
Or�察�I am kin to thee�察�and here�察�as thou��
I come to weep and deck our father's grave。
Aid me�察�ye gods� �for well indeed ye know
How in the gale and counter´gale of doubt��
Like to the seaman's bark�察�we whirl and stray。
But�察�if God will our life�察�how strong shall spring��
From seed how small�察�the new tree of our home� �
Lo ye�察�a second sign´these footsteps�察�looks´
Like to my own�察�a corresponsive print��
And look�察�another footmark�察�this his own��
And that the foot of one who walked with him。
Mark�察�how the heel and tendons' print combine��
Measured exact�察�with mine coincident��
Alas�察�for doubt and anguish rack my mind。
��ORESTES and PYLADES enter suddenly。��
ORESTES
Pray thou�察�in gratitude for prayers fulfilled��
Fair fall the rest of what I ask of heaven。
ELECTRA
Wherefore�拭�what win I from the gods by prayer��
ORESTES
This�察�that thine eyes behold thy heart's desire。
ELECTRA
On whom of mortals know'st thou that I call��
ORESTES
I know thy yearning for Orestes deep。
ELECTRA
Say then�察�wherein event hath crowned my prayer��
ORESTES
I�察�I am he�察�seek not one more akin。
ELECTRA
Some fraud�察�O stranger�察�weavest thou for me��
ORESTES
Against myself I weave it�察�if I weave。
ELECTRA
Ah�察�thou hast mind to mock me in my woel
ORESTES
'Tis at mine own I mock then�察�mocking thine。
ELECTRA
Speak I with thee then as Orestes' self��
ORESTES
My very face thou see'st and know'st me not��
And yet but now�察�when thou didst see the lock
Shorn for my father's grave�察�and when thy quest
Was eager on the footprints I had made��
Even I�察�thy brother�察�shaped and sized as thou��
Fluttered thy spirit�察�as at sight of me��
Lay now this ringlet whence 'twas shorn�察�and judge��
And look upon this robe�察�thine own hands' work��
The shuttle´prints�察�the creature wrought thereon´
Refrain thyself�察�nor prudence lose in joy��
For well I wot�察�our kin are less than kind。
ELECTRA
O thou that art unto our father's home
Love�察�grief and hope�察�for thee the tears ran down��
For thee�察�the son�察�the saviour that should be��
Trust thou thine arm and win thy father's halls��
O aspect sweet of fourfold love to me��
Whom upon thee the heart's constraint bids cal
As on my father�察�and the claim of love
From me unto my mother turns to thee��
For she is very hate�察�to thee too turns
What of my heart went out to her who died
A ruthless death upon the altar´stone��
And for myself I love thee´thee that wast
A brother leal�察�sole stay of love to me。
Now by thy side be strength and right�察�and Zeus
Saviour almighty�察�stand to aid the twain��
ORESTES
Zeus�察�Zeus� �look down on our estate and us��
The orphaned brood of him�察�our eagle´sire��
Whom to his death a fearful serpent brought��
Enwinding him in coils�察�and we�察�bereft
And foodless�察�sink with famine�察�all too weak
To bear unto the eyrie�察�as he bore��
Such quarry as he slew。 Lo� �I and she��
Electra�察�stand before thee�察�fatherless��
And each alike cast out and homeless made。
ELECTRA
And if thou leave to death the brood of him
Whose altar blazed for thee�察�whose reverence
Was thine�察�all thine�察�whence�察�in the after years��
Shall any hand like his adorn thy shrine
With sacrifice of flesh�拭�the eaglets slain��
Thou wouldst not have a messenger to bear
Thine omens�察�once so clear�察�to mortal men��
So�察�if this kingly stock be withered all��
None on high festivals will fend thy shrine。
Stoop thou to raise us� �strong the race shall grow��
Though puny now it seem�察�and fallen low。
LEADER
O children�察�saviours of your father's home��
Beware ye of your words�察�lest one should hear
And bear them�察�for the tongue hath lust to tell��
Unto our masters´whom God grant to me
In pitchy reek of fun'ral flame to seel
ORESTES
Nay�察�mighty is Apollo's oracle
And shall not fail me�察�whom it bade to pass
Thro' all this peril�察�clear the voice rang out
With many warnings�察�sternly threatening
To my hot heart the wintry chill of pain��
Unless upon the slayers of my sire
I pressed for vengeance�此�this the god's command´
That I�察�in ire for home and wealth despoiled��
Should with a craft like theirs the slayers slay��
Else with my very life I should atone
This deed undone�察�in many a ghastly wise。
For he proclaimed unto the ears of men
That offerings�察�poured to angry powers of death��
Exude again�察�unless their will be done��
As grim disease on those that poured them forth´
As leprous ulcers mounting on the flesh
And with fell fangs corroding what of old
Wore natural form�察�and on the brow arise
White poisoned hairs�察�the crown of this disease。
He spake moreover of assailing fiends
Empowered to quit on me my father's blood��
Wreaking their wrath on me�察�what time in night
Beneath shut lids the spirit's eye sees clear。
The dart that flies in darkness�察�sped from hell
By spirits of the murdered dead who call
Unto their kin for vengeance�察�formless fear��
The night´tide's visitant�察�and madness' curse
Should drive and rack me�察�and my tortured frame
Should be chased forth from man's community
As with the brazen scorpions of the scourge。
For me and such as me no lustral bowl
Should stand�察�no spilth of wine be poured to God
For me�察�and wrath unseen of my dead sire
Should drive me from the shrine�察�no man should dare
To take me to his hearth�察�nor dwell with me��
Slow�察�friendless�察�cursed of all should be mine end��
And pitiless horror wind me for the grave。
This spake the god´this dare I disobey��
Yea�察�though I dared�察�the deed must yet be done��
For to that end diverse desires combine�察�
The god's behest�察�deep grief for him who died��
And last�察�the grievous blank of wealth despoiled´
All these weigh on me�察�urge that Argive men��
Minions of valour�察�who with soul of fire
Did make of fenced Troy a ruinous heap��
Be not left slaves to two and each a woman��
For he�察�the man�察�wears woman's heart�察�if not��
Soon shall he know�察�confronted by a man。
��ORESTES�察�ELECTRA�察�and the CHORUS gather round the tomb of
Agamemnon。 The following lines are chanted responsively。��
CHORUS
Mighty Fates�察�on you we call��
Bid the will of Zeus ordain
Power to those�察�to whom again
Justice turns with hand and aid��
Grievous was the prayer
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