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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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