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��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 her sway of the soul。
SEMI´CHORUS
Yea�察�and her child is Desire�此�in the train of his mother he goeth´
Yea and Persuasion soft´lipped�察�whom none can deny or repel��
Cometh Harmonia too�察�on whom Aphrodite bestoweth
The whispering parley�察�the paths of the rapture that lovers love
well。
SEMI´CHORUS
antistrophe 2
Ah�察�but I tremble and quake lest again they should sail to
reclaim��
Alas for the sorrow to come�察�the blood and the carnage of war。
Ah�察�by whose will was it done that o'er the wide ocean they came��
Guided by favouring winds�察�and wafted by sail and by oar��
SEMI´CHORUS
Peace� �for what Fate hath ordained will surely not tarry but come��
Wide is the counsel of Zeus�察�by no man escaped or withstood��
Only I pray that whate'er�察�in the end�察�of this wedlock he doom��
We�察�as many a maiden of old�察�may win from the ill to the good。
SEMI´CHORUS
strophe 3
Great Zeus�察�this wedlock turn from me´
Me from the kinsman bridegroom guard��
SEMI´CHORUS
Come what come may�察�'tis Fate's decree。
SEMI´CHORUS
Soft is thy word´the doom is hard。
SEMI´CHORUS
Thou know'st not what the Fates provide。
SEMI´CHORUS
antistrophe 3
How should I scan Zeus' mighty will��
The depth of counsel undescried��
SEMI´CHORUS
Pray thou no word of omen ill。
SEMI´CHORUS
What timely warning wouldst thou teach��
SEMI´CHORUS
Beware�察�nor slight the gods in speech。
SEMI´CHORUS
strophe 4
Zeus�察�hold from my body the wedlock detested�察�the bridegroom
abhorred��
It was thou�察�it was thou didst release
Mine ancestress Io from sorrow�此�thine healing it was that
restored��
The touch of thine hand gave her peace。
SEMI´CHORUS
antistrophe 4
Be thy will for the cause of the maidens� �of two ills�察�the lesser
I pray´
The exile that leaveth me pure。
May thy justice have heed to my cause�察�my prayers to thy mercy
find way��
For the hands of thy saving are sure。
THE END
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