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Yea, guard her. Thou shalt call

The child of Zeus one day a noble guest.

Look on her, if in aught she seems to thee

Like to thy wife. Step forth from grief to bliss.

What shall 1 say?—Gods! Marvel this unhoped for!

My wife do I behold in very sooth,

Or doth some god-sent mockery-joy distract me?

Not so; but this thou seest is thy wife.

What if this be some phantom from the shades?

No ghost-upraiser hast thou ta'en for guest.

How?—whom I buried do I see—my wife?

Doubt not: yet might'st thou well mistrust thy fortune.

As wife, as living, may I touch, address her?

Speak to her: all thou didst desire thou hast.