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��DANAUS re´enters。��
DANAUS
Take heart�察�my children�此�the land's heart is kind��
And to full issue has their voting come。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
All hail�察�my sire�察�thy word brings utmost joy。
Say�察�to what issue is the vote made sure��
And how prevailed the people's crowding hands��
DANAUS
With one assent the Argives spake their will��
And�察�hearing�察�my old heart took youthful cheer。
The very sky was thrilled when high in air
The concourse raised right hands and swore their oath�此�
Free shall the maidens sojourn in this land。
Unharried�察�undespoiled by mortal wight��
No native hand�察�no hand of foreigner
Shall drag them hence�察�if any man use force´
Whoe'er of all our countrymen shall fail
To come unto their aid�察�let him go forth��
Beneath the people's curse�察�to banishment。
So did the king of this Pelasgian folk
Plead on behalf of us�察�and bade them heed
That never�察�in the after´time�察�this realm
Should feed to fulness the great enmity
Of Zeus�察�the suppliants' guard�察�against itself��
A twofold curse�察�for wronging stranger´guests
Who are akin withal�察�confrontingly
Should rise before this city and be shown
A ruthless monster�察�fed on human doom。
Such things the Argive people heard�察�and straight��
Without proclaim of herald�察�gave assent��
Yea�察�in full conclave�察�the Pelasgian folk
Heard suasive pleas�察�and Zeus through them resolved。
��The CHORUS now sings a prayer of thankfulness。��
CHORUS
Arouse we now to chant our prayer
For fair return of service fair
And Argos' kindly will。
Zeus�察�lord of guestright�察�look upon
The grace our stranger lips have won。
In right and truth�察�as they begun��
Guide them�察�with favouring hand�察�until
Thou dost their blameless wish fulfil��
strophe 1
Now may the Zeus´born gods on high
Hear us pour forth
A votive prayer for Argos' clan� �
Never may this Pelasgian earth��
Amid the fire´wrack�察�shrill the dismal cry
On Ares�察�ravening lord of fight��
Who in an alien harvest mows down man��
For lo�察�this land had pity on our plight��
And unto us were merciful and leal��
To us�察�the piteous flock�察�who at Zeus' altar kneel��
antistrophe 1
They scorned not the pleas of maidenhood��
Nor with the young men's will hath their will stood。
They knew right well
Th' unearthly watching fiend invincible��
The foul avenger´let him not draw near��
For he�察�on roofs ill´starred��
Defiling and polluting�察�keeps a ghastly ward��
They knew his vengeance�察�and took holy heed
To us�察�the sister suppliants�察�who cry
To Zeus�察�the lord of purity��
Therefore with altars pure they shall the gods revere。
Thus�察�through the boughs that shade our lips�察�fly forth in air��
strophe 2
Fly forth�察�O eager prayer��
May never pestilence efface
This city's race��
Nor be the land with corpses strewed��
Nor stained with civic blood��
The stem of youth�察�unpluckt�察�to manhood come��
Nor Ares rise from Aphrodite's bower��
The lord of death and bane�察�to waste our youthful flower。
antistrophe 2
Long may the old
Crowd to the altars kindled to consume
Gifts rich and manifold´
Offered to win from powers divine
A benison on city and on shrine��
Let all the sacred might adore
Of Zeus most high�察�the lord
Of guestright and the hospitable board��
Whose immemorial law doth rule Fate's scales aright��
The garners of earth's store
Be full for evermore��
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 t
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