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Child of the mighty dead,

Electra, lo, my way

To thee in the dawn hath sped,

And the cot on the mountain grey,

For the Watcher hath cried this day:

He of the ancient folk,

The walker of waste and hill,

Who drinketh the milk of the flock;

And he told of Hera's will;

For the morrow's morrow now

They cry her festival,

And before her throne shall bow

Our damsels all.

Not unto joy, nor sweet

Music, nor shining of gold,

The wings of my spirit beat.

Let the brides of Argos hold

Their dance in the night, as of old;

I lead no dance; I mark

No beat as the dancers sway;

With tears I dwell in the dark,

And my thought is of tears alway,

To the going down of the day.

Look on my wasted hair

And raiment. This that I bear,