STROPHE II

Henceforth let none call us,

When smitten by mischance,

Uttering this cry of prayer,

“O Justice, and O ye, Erinnyes' thrones!”

Such wail, perchance, a father then shall utter,

Or mother newly slain,

Since, fallen low, the shrine of Justice now

Lies prostrate in the dust. 490

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