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THE MADNESS OF HERAKLES.
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Chorus 9.

This king shrieketh prelude of slaughter: he shrieketh in anguish of fear.


Lykus (within).

(Str. 4)
Oh Kadmus' land, by treachery am I slain!


Chorus 10.

As thou wouldst slay. Flinch not from vengeance-pain:
Thine own deeds' retribution dost thou gain.


Chorus 11.

(Ant. 3)
Who was it, in lawlessness flouting the Gods, that mortal wight
Who in folly blasphemed the Blessed that reign in the heaven's height,
Saying that Gods be void of might?


Chorus 12.

(Ant. 4)
Our foe is not:—such doom the impious earn. 760
Hushed are the halls. Now unto dances turn:
Blest are the dear ones over whom I yearn.


Chorus.

(Str. 5)
The dances, the dances are reeling, the shout of the banqueters pealing
Through Thebes, through the city divine.
Now from affliction of tears cometh severance;
Now from the thraldom of woe is deliverance.
And song is their heir.

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