Full haughty in the wealth thy toil had gained.

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And that Orestes hither with good luck

May come, I pray. Hear thou that prayer, my father!

And to myself grant thou that I may be

Than that my mother wiser far of heart,

Holier in act. For us this prayer I pour;

And for our foes, my father, this I pray,

That Justice may as thine avenger come,

And that thy murderers perish. Thus I place