Upon the bold and subtle hands of men....

Nay, though they parents be,

Yet all shall be fulfilled.

Strophe V

Chor. May it be mine to chant o'er funeral pyre

[*]Cry well accordant with the pine-fed blaze,[[427]]

When first the man is slain,

And his wife perisheth!

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Why should I hide what flutters round my heart?