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THE DAUGHTERS OF TROY.
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Hecuba.

O fanes of the Gods, dear city mine!


Chorus.

Woe!—wail the refrain!


Hecuba.

(Ant. 2)
The death-flame, the spear, in your midst have dominion,—


Chorus.

Swift-falling to earth your memorial shall vanish,—


Hecuba.

And the dust, o'er the welkin wide-stretching its pinion, 1320
Mine eyes from the home of my yearning shall banish.


Chorus.

And the name of my land shall be heard not, and wide
Shall her children be scattered; no more doth abide
Troy's woeful pride.


Hecuba.

Did ye mark—did ye hear?


Chorus.

Crashed Pergamus[1] down!

  1. ↑ The citadel of Troy.
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