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To match the need� �but aid availeth nought
To him laid low for ever。 Help�察�help�察�help
Sure to deaf ears I shout�察�and call in vain
To slumber ineffectual。 What ho��
The queen� �how fareth Clytemnestra's self��
Her neck too�察�hers�察�is close upon the steel��
And soon shall sing�察�hewn thro' as justice wills。
��CLYTEMNESTRA enters。��
CLYTEMNESTRA
What ails thee�察�raising this ado for us��
ATTENDANT
I say the dead are come to slay the living。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Alack�察�I read thy riddles all too clear´
We slew by craft and by like craft shall die。
Swift�察�bring the axe that slew my lord of old��
I'll know anon or death or victory´
So stands the curse�察�so I confront it here。
��ORESTES rushes from the palace�察�his sword dripping with
blood。 PYLADES is with him。��
ORESTES
Thee too I seek�此�for him what's done will serve。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Woe�察�woe� �Aegisthus�察�spouse and champion�察�slain��
ORESTES
What�察�lov'st the man�拭�then in his grave lie down��
Be his in death�察�desert him nevermore��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Stay�察�child�察�and fear to strike。 O son�察�this breast
Pillowed thine head full oft�察�while�察�drowsed with sleep��
Thy toothless mouth drew mother's milk from me。
ORESTES
Can I my mother spare�拭�speak�察�Pylades。
PYLADES
Where then would fall the hest Apollo gave
At Delphi�察�where the solemn compact sworn��
Choose thou the hate of all men�察�not of gods。
ORESTES
Thou dost prevail�察�I hold thy counsel good。
��To CLYTEMNESTRA��
Follow�察�I will to slay thee at his side。
With him whom in his life thou loved'st more
Than Agamemnon�察�sleep in death�察�the meed
For hate where love�察�and love where hate was due��
CLYTEMNESTRA
I nursed thee young�察�must I forego mine eld��
ORESTES
Thou slew'st my father�察�shalt thou dwell with me��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Fate bore a share in these things�察�O my child
ORESTES
Fate also doth provide this doom for thee。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Beware�察�O child�察�a parent's dying curse。
ORESTES
A parent who did cast me out to ill��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Not cast thee out�察�but to a friendly home。
ORESTES
Born free�察�I was by twofold bargain sold。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Where then the price that I received for thee��
ORESTES
The price of shame�察�I taunt thee not more plainly。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Nay�察�but recount thy father's lewdness too。
ORESTES
Home´keeping�察�chide not him who toils without。
CLYTEMNESTRA
'Tis hard for wives to live as widows�察�child。
ORESTES
The absent husband toils for them at home。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Thou growest fain to slay thy mother�察�child。
ORESTES
Nay�察�'tis thyself wilt slay thyself�察�not I。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Beware thy mother's vengeful hounds from hell。
ORESTES
How shall I 'scape my father's�察�sparing thee��
CLYTEMNESTRA
Living�察�I cry as to a tomb�察�unheard。
ORESTES
My father's fate ordains this doom for thee。
CLYTEMNESTRA
Ah me� �this snake it was I bore and nursed。
ORESTES
Ay�察�right prophetic was thy visioned fear。
Shameful thy deed was´die the death of shame��
��He drives her into the house before him。��
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Lo�察�even for these I mourn�察�a double death��
Yet since Orestes�察�driven on by doom��
Thus crowns the height of murders manifold��
I say�察�'tis well´that not in night and death
Should sink the eye and light of this our home。
CHORUS ��singing��
strophe 1
There came on Priam's race and name
A vengeance�察�though it tarried long��
With heavy doom it came。
Came�察�too�察�on Agamemnon's hall
A lion´pair�察�twin swordsmen strong。
And last�察�the heritage doth fall
To him�察�to whom from Pythian cave
The god his deepest counsel gave。
refrain 1
Cry out�察�rejoice� �our kingly hall
Hath 'scaped from ruin´ne'er again
Its ancient wealth be wasted all
By two usurpers�察�sin´defiled´
An evil path of woe and bane��
antistrophe 1
On him who dealt the dastard blow
Comes Craft�察�Revenge's scheming child。
And hand in hand with him doth go��
Eager for fight��
The child of Zeus�察�whom men below
Call justice�察�naming her aright。
And on her foes her breath
Is as the blast of death��
strophe 2
For her the god who dwells in deep recess
Beneath Parnassus' brow��
Summons with loud acclaim
To rise�察�though late and lame��
And come with craft that worketh righteousness。
For even o'er Powers divine this law is strong´
Thou shalt not serve the wrong。
refrain 2
To that which ruleth heaven beseems it that we bow
Lo�察�freedom's light hath come��
Lo�察�now is rent away
The grim and curbing bit that held us dumb。
Up to the light�察�ye halls I this many a day
Too low on earth ye lay。
antistrophe 2
And Time�察�the great Accomplisher��
Shall cross the threshold�察�whensoe'er
He choose with purging hand to cleanse
The palace�察�driving all pollution thence。
And fair the cast of Fortune's die
Before our state's new lords shall lie��
Not as of old�察�but bringing fairer doom。
Lo�察�freedom's light hath come��
��The central doors of the palace open�察�disclosing ORESTES
standing over the corpses of AEGISTHUS and CLYTEMNESTRA�察�in
one hand he holds his sword�察�in the other the robe in which
AGAMEMNON was entangled and slain。��
ORESTES
There lies our country's twofold tyranny��
My father's slayers�察�spoilers of my home。
Erst were they royal�察�sitting on the throne��
And loving are they yet�察�their common fate
Tells the tale truly�察�shows their trothplight firm。
They swore to work mine ill´starred father's death��
They swore to die together�察�'tis fulfilled。
O ye who stand�察�this great doom's witnesses��
Behold this too�察�the dark device which bound
My sire unhappy to his death�察�behold
The mesh which trapped his hands�察�enwound his feet
Stand round�察�unfold it´'tis the trammel´net
That wrapped a chieftain�察�hold it that he see��
The father´not my sire�察�but he whose eye
Is judge of all things�察�the all´seeing Sun��
Let him behold my mother's damned deed��
Then let him stand�察�when need shall be to me��
Witness that justly I have sought and slain
My mother�察�blameless was Aegisthus' doom´
He died the death law bids adulterers die。
But she who plotted this accursed thing
To slay her lord�察�by whom she bare beneath
Her girdle once the burden of her babes��
Beloved erewhile�察�now turned to hateful foes´
What deem ye of her�拭�or what venomed thing��
Sea´snake or adder�察�had more power than she
To poison with a touch the flesh unscarred��
So great her daring�察�such her impious will。
How name her�察�if I may not speak a curse��
A lion´springe� �a laver's swathing cloth��
Wrapping a dead man�察�twining round his feet´
A net�察�a trammel�察�an entangling robe��
Such were the weapon of some strangling thief��
The terror of the road�察�a cut´purse hound´
With such device full many might he kill��
Full oft exult in heat of villainy。
Ne'er have my house so cursed an indweller´
Heaven send me�察�rather�察�childless to be slain��
CHORUS ��chanting��
Woe for each desperate deed��
Woe for the queen�察�with shame of life bereft��
And ah�察�for him who still is left��
Madness�察�dark blossom of a bloody seed��
ORESTES
Did she the deed or not�拭�this robe gives proof��
Imbrued with blood that bathed Aegisthus' sword��
Look�察�how the spurted stain combines with time
To blur the many dyes that once adorned
Its pattern manifold� �I now stand here��
Made glad�察�made sad with blood�察�exulting�察�wailing´
Hear�察�O thou woven web that slew my sire��
I grieve for deed and death and all my home´
Victor�察�pollution's damned stain for prize。
CHORUS ��chanting��
Alas�察�that none of mortal men
Can pass his life untouched by pain��
Behold�察�one woe is here´
Another loometh near。
ORESTES
Hark ye and learn´for what the end s
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