Iphigenia in Tauris [20]
glory 'gainst the powerful gods Contending? Let them go, and to thy land The sacred image bear, and fix it there; Good fortune go with them. To favour Greece, These dames, at thy high bidding, I will send. My arms will I restrain, which I had raised Against the strangers, and my swift-oar'd barks, Since, potent goddess, this is pleasing to thee. MINERVA I praise thy resolution; for the power Of Fate o'er thee and o'er the gods prevails. Breathe soft, ye favouring gales, to Athens bear These sprung from Agamemnon; on their course Attending, I will go, and heedful save My sister's sacred image. You too go (to the CHORUS) Prosperous, and in the fate that guards you bless'd. (MINERVA vanishes.) CHORUS (chanting) O thou, among the immortal gods revered And mortal men, Minerva, we will do As thou commandest; for with transport high, Exceeding hope, our ears receive thy words.
O Victory, I revere thy awful power: Guard thou my life, nor ever cease to crown me!
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O Victory, I revere thy awful power: Guard thou my life, nor ever cease to crown me!
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