Of flowers, the children of all-bearing earth.[[47]]
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But ye, my friends, o'er these libations poured
In honour of the dead, chant forth your hymns,
And call upon Dareios as a God:
While I will send unto the Gods below
These votive offerings which the earth shall drink.
[Goes to the tomb of Dareios in the centre
of the stage
Chor. O royal lady, honoured of the Persians,