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Thou art well stayed

With friends. And could Orestes give thee aid

In aught, if e'er

Shame on thee! Seest thou not?

Is it not time?

How time? And if he sought

To slay, how should he come at his desire?

By daring, as they dared who slew his sire!

Wouldst thou dare with him, if he came, thou too,

To slay her?

Yes; with the same axe that slew

My father!

'Tis thy message? And thy mood

Unchanging?

Let me shed my mother's blood,

And I die happy.