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and persuade thy son, whose aid we implore, to go unto the river Ismenus, there to place within my hapless arms the bodies of my children, slain in their prime and left without a tomb.[*]
63
Chorus
Though[*] not as piety enjoins, yet from sheer necessity I have come to the fire-crowned altars of the gods, falling on my knees with instant supplication,
for my cause is just, and tis in thy power, blest as thou art in thy children, to remove from me my woe; so in my sore distress I do beseech thee of my misery place in my hands my sons
dead body, that I may throw my arms about his hapless limbs.
71
Chorus
Behold a rivalry in sorrow! woe takes up the tale of woe; hark! thy servants beat their breasts. Come ye
who join the mourners wail, come, O sympathetic band, to join the dance,
which Hades honours; let the[*] pearly nail be stained red, as it rends your cheeks, let your skin be streaked with gore; for honours rendered to the dead are a credit[*] to the living.
79
Chorus
Sorrows charm doth drive me wild, insatiate, painful,
endless, even as the trickling stream that gushes from some steep rocks face; for tis womans way to fall a-weeping oer

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