By any oracles

To mortal men? These arts,

In days of evil sore, with many words,

Do still but bring a vague, portentous fear

For men to learn and know.

Strophe VII

Cass. Woe, woe! for all sore ills that fall on me!

It is my grief thou speak'st of, blending it

With his.[[361]] [Pausing, and then crying out.]

Ah! wherefore then