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[1164-1179] Iphigenia in Tauris 1101<br />

THOAS<br />

What show'd thee this? Or speak'st thou but thy thought?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Back turn'd the sacred image on its base.<br />

THOAS<br />

Spontaneous turn'd, or by an earthquake moved?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Spontaneous, and, averted, closed its eyes.<br />

THOAS<br />

What was the cause? The blood-stain'd stranger's guilt?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

That, and naught else; for horrible their deeds.<br />

THOAS<br />

What, have they slain some Scythian on the shore?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

They came polluted with domestic blood.<br />

THOAS<br />

What blood? I have a strong desire to know.<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

They slew their mother with confederate swords.<br />

THOAS<br />

0 Phoebus! This hath no barbarian dared.<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

All Greece indignant chased them from her realms.<br />

THOAS<br />

Bear'st thou for this the image from the shrine?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

To the pure air, from stain of blood removed.<br />

THOAS<br />

By what means didst thou know the stranger's guilt?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

1 learn'd it as the statue started back.

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