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244 With the mantle I veil thee over: here

May the curse of the house have end and healing!

Lo, lo, where over the roof-ridge high

Demigods gleam;—or from thrones in the sky

Stoop Gods?—it is not vouchsafed unto men

To tread yon path: why draw these nigh

Unto mortal ken?

Hear, child of Agamemnon: Sons of Zeus,

Twin brothers of thy mother, call to thee;

I Kastor, this my brother Polydeukes.

Even now the sea's shipwrecking surge have we

Assuaged, and come to Argos, having seen

The slaying of our sister, of thy mother.

She hath but justice;—yet not just thine act.

Phœbus is Phœbus: since he is my king,

I am dumb. He is wise:—not wise his hest for thee!—

We must needs say Tis well." Henceforth must thou

Perform what Fate and Zeus ordain for thee.

To Pylades Electra give to wife:

But thou, leave Argos; for thou may'st not tread

Her streets, since thou hast wrought thy mother's death.

The dread Weird Sisters, hound-eyed Goddesses,

Shall drive thee mad, and dog thy wanderings.