Iphigenia in Tauris Euripides Translated by Robert Potter eBooks ...
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And better what I have <strong>in</strong> charge advance.<br />
THOAS<br />
Doth not the wave ev'n 'ga<strong>in</strong>st the temple beat<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
This requires solitude: more must I do.<br />
THOAS<br />
Lead where thou wilt: on secret rite I pry not.<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
The image of the goddess I must cleanse.<br />
THOAS<br />
If it be sta<strong>in</strong>'d with touch of mother's blood.<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
I could not else have borne it from its base.<br />
THOAS<br />
Just is thy provident and pious thought;<br />
For this <strong>by</strong> all the state thou art revered.<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
Know'st thou what next I would<br />
THOAS<br />
'Tis th<strong>in</strong>e thy will<br />
To signify.<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
Give for these strangers cha<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
THOAS<br />
To what place can they fly<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
A Grecian knows<br />
Naught faithful.<br />
THOAS<br />
Of my tra<strong>in</strong> go some for cha<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
(Some attendants go out.)<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
Let them lead forth the strangers.<br />
THOAS<br />
Be it so,<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
And veil their faces.<br />
THOAS<br />
From the sun's bright beams<br />
IPHIGENIA<br />
Some of thy tra<strong>in</strong> send with me.<br />
THOAS
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