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[1215-1221] Iphigenia in Tauris 1105<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Stay thou before the shrine.<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Cleanse it with lustral fires.<br />

May find it pure?<br />

THOAS<br />

To what intent?<br />

THOAS<br />

That thy return<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

But when the strangers come<br />

Forth from the temple,—<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Spread o'er thine eyes a veil.<br />

Pollution?<br />

THOAS<br />

What must I then do?<br />

THOAS<br />

That I receive not<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Tedious if my stay appear,—<br />

THOAS<br />

What bounds may be assign'd?<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

Deem it not strange.<br />

THOAS<br />

At leisure what the rites require perform.<br />

IPHIGENIA<br />

May this lustration as I wish succeed!<br />

Thy wish is mine.<br />

THOAS<br />

(ORESTES and PYLADES, bound, are led from the temple in a<br />

solemn procession by the guards. THOAS and his retinue<br />

.veil their heads as it slowly moves past.)

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