Euripides' SUPPLIANTS Complete

Translated by E. Coleridge.

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Chorus: To avenge thy fallen sire.

Children: Methinks I see thee still before my eye, my father-

Chorus: Printing a loving kiss upon thy cheek.

Children: But thy words of exhortation are borne on the winds away.

Chorus: Two mourners hath he left behind, thy mother and thee, bequeathing
to thee an endless legacy of grief for thy father.

Children: The weight of grief I have to bear hath crushed me utterly.

Chorus: Come, let me clasp the ashes of my son to my bosom.

Children: I weep to hear that piteous word; 'it stabs me to the heart,

Chorus: My child, thou art undone; no more shall I behold thee, thy
own fond mother's treasure.

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