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THE CHOËPHOROE

And take it! Be hard, be hard
To smite and not cease!


(Orestes, Electra, and the Leader.)


Orestes.

[Strophe 10
Thee, thee I call. Father, be near thine own.

Electra.

I also cry thee, choked with the tears that flow.

Leader..

Yea, all this band, it crieth to thee as one.

All.

O great King, hear us. Awake thee to the sun.
Be with us against thy foe!


Orestes.

[Antistrophe 10
The slayer shall meet the slayer, wrong smite with wrong.

Electra.

O Zeus, bless thou the murder to be this day.

Leader..

(Dost hear? Oh, fear is upon me and trembling strong.)

All.

The day of Fate is old, it hath lingered long;
It cometh to them that pray.

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