Antistrophe IV
Smitten we by many sorrows,
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Such as come on men but seldom.
Chor. Smitten we, 'tis all too certain....
Xer. Fresh woes! fresh woes! ah me!
Chor. Now with adverse turn of fortune,
With Ionian seamen meeting,
Fails in war the race of Persians.
Strophe V