Nor that such terrors, woes and outrages,

Hard to look on, hard to bear,

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Would chill my soul with sharp goad, double-edged.

Ah fate! Ah fate!

I shudder, seeing Io's fortune strange.

Prom. Thou art too quick in groaning, full of fear:

Wait thou a while until thou hear the rest.

Chor. Speak thou and tell. Unto the sick 'tis sweet

Clearly to know what yet remains of pain.