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the persians-第7部分

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      The demons of revenge have spread;

    And Ate from her drear abode below

      Rises to view the horrid deed。

  XERXES

    Dismay; and rout; and ruin; ills that wait

    On man's afflicted fortune; sink us down。

  CHORUS

    Dismay; and rout; and ruin on us wait;

    And all the vengeful storms of Fate:

  Ill flows on ill; on sorrows sorrows rise;

    Misfortune leads her baleful train;

  Before the Ionian squadrons Persia flies;

    Or sinks ingulf'd beneath the main。

    Fall'n; fall'n is her imperial power;

    And conquest on her banners waits no more。

  XERXES

    At such a fall; such troops of heroes lost;

    How can my soul but sink in deep despair!

    Cease thy sad strain。

  CHORUS

    Is all thy glory lost?

  XERXES

    Seest thou these poor remains of my rent robes?

  CHORUS

    I see; I see。

  XERXES

    And this ill…furnish'd quiver?

  CHORUS

    Wherefore preserved?

  XERXES

    To store my treasured arrows。

  CHORUS

    Few; very few。

  XERXES

    And few my friendly aids。

  CHORUS

    I thought these Grecians shrunk appall'd at arms。

  XERXES

    No: they are bold and daring: these sad eyes

    Beheld their violent and deathful deeds。

  CHORUS

    The ruin; sayst thou; of thy shattered fleet?

  XERXES

    And in the anguish of my soul I rent

    My royal robes。

  CHORUS

    Wo; wo!

  XERXES

    And more than wo。

  CHORUS

    Redoubled; threefold wo!

  XERXES

    Disgrace to me;

    But triumph to the foe。

  CHORUS

    Are all thy powers

    In ruin crush'd?

  XERXES

    No satrap guards me now。

  CHORUS

    Thy faithful friends sunk in the roaring main。

  XERXES

    Weep; weep their loss; and lead me to my house;

    Answer my grief with grief; an ill return

    Of ills for ills。 Yet once more raise that strain

    Lamenting my misfortunes; beat thy breast;

    Strike; heave the groan; awake the Mysian strain

    To notes of loudest wo; rend thy rich robes;

    Pluck up thy beard; tear off thy hoary locks;

    And battle thine eyes in tears: thus through the streets

    Solemn and slow with sorrow lead my steps;

    Lead to my house; and wail the fate of Persia。

  CHORUS

    Yes; once more at thy bidding shall the strain

      Pour the deep sorrows of my soul;

    The suff'rings of my bleeding untry plain;

      And bid the Mysian measures roll。

        Again the voice of wild despair

        With thrilling shrieks shall pierce the air;

    For high the god of war his flaming crest

      Raised; with the fleet of Greece surrounded;

    The haughty arms of Greece with conquest bless'd;

      And Persia's withered force confounded;

    Dash'd on the dreary beach her heroes slain。;

    Or whelm'd them in the darken'd main。





                       THE END



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