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Adrastus
Bring near the blood-boltered corpses of those hapless chiefs, foully slain by foes unworthy, with whom lay the decision of the contest.
Bring near the blood-boltered corpses of those hapless chiefs, foully slain by foes unworthy, with whom lay the decision of the contest.
Chorus
Let me embrace and hold my children to my bosom in my enfolding arms.
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Let me embrace and hold my children to my bosom in my enfolding arms.
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Adrastus
There, there! thou hast—
There, there! thou hast—
Chorus
Sorrows heavy enough to bear.
Sorrows heavy enough to bear.
Adrastus
Ah me!
Ah me!
Chorus
Thy groans mingle with those of their parents.
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Thy groans mingle with those of their parents.
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Adrastus
Hear me.
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Hear me.
820
Chorus
O’er both of us thou dost lament.
O’er both of us thou dost lament.
Adrastus
Would God the Theban ranks had laid me dead in the dust!
Would God the Theban ranks had laid me dead in the dust!
Chorus
Oh that I had ne’er been wedded to a husband!
Oh that I had ne’er been wedded to a husband!
The Suppliant Maidens. Euripides. E. P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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