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Rh Do I think this man's to be:

For did not himself a slavish curse

To his household decree?

But the scion of him, myself did nurse—

That much-bewailed Iphigeneia, he

Having done well by,—and as well, nor worse,

Been done to,—let him not in Hades loudly

Bear himself proudly!

Being by sword-destroying death amerced

For that sword's punishment himself inflicted first.

I at a loss am left—

Of a feasible scheme of mind bereft—

Where I may turn: for the house is falling: