That choral band which chants in full accord,

Yet no good music; good is not their theme.

And now, as having drunk men's blood,[[366]] and so

Grown wilder, bolder, see, the revelling band,

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Erinnyes of the race, still haunt the halls,

Not easy to dismiss. And so they sing,

Close cleaving to the house, its primal woe,[[367]]

And vent their loathing in alternate strains

On marriage-bed of brother ruthless found