Comes from thy queen, who reigns in heaven victorious;

For after stormy wind

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The tempest needs must rage.

Danaos. My children, we need wisdom; lo! ye came

With me, your father wise and old and true,

As guardian of your voyage. Now ashore,

With forethought true I bid you keep my words,

As in a tablet-book recording them:

I see a dust, an army's voiceless herald,