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EURIPIDES.
Lay to thine hand: a finger-touch from thee,
And good-speed's haven long-desired we win. 1445
Suffice our travail heretofore endured.
Oft have ye been invoked, ye Gods, to hear
My joys and griefs: not endless ills I merit,
But in plain paths to tread. Grant this one boon,
And happy shall ye make me all my days. 1450
[Exeunt Menelaus and Helen.
Chorus.
(Str. 1)
Swift galley Phœnician of Sidon,
Foam sprang from the travail of thee,
O dear to the sons of the oar:
The dolphin-dance sweepeth before
And behind thee, when breezes no more
Ruffle the sea thou dost ride on,
And thus through the hush crieth she,
Calm,[1] azure-eyed child of the sea:—
"Shake out the canvas, committing
1460 Your sails to what breezes may blow,
And arow at the pine-blades sitting
Give way, O sailors, yoho!
Till the keel bearing Helen shall slide on
The strand where the old homes be."
(Ant. 1)
Perchance by the full-brimming river
On the priestess-maids shalt thou light,
Or haply by Pallas's fane,
And shalt join in the dances again,
Or the revels for Hyacinth slain,
Swift galley Phœnician of Sidon,
Foam sprang from the travail of thee,
O dear to the sons of the oar:
The dolphin-dance sweepeth before
And behind thee, when breezes no more
Ruffle the sea thou dost ride on,
And thus through the hush crieth she,
Calm,[1] azure-eyed child of the sea:—
"Shake out the canvas, committing
1460 Your sails to what breezes may blow,
And arow at the pine-blades sitting
Give way, O sailors, yoho!
Till the keel bearing Helen shall slide on
The strand where the old homes be."
(Ant. 1)
Perchance by the full-brimming river
On the priestess-maids shalt thou light,
Or haply by Pallas's fane,
And shalt join in the dances again,
Or the revels for Hyacinth slain,