And Him[[432]] [pointing to the statue of Apollo] I call to look upon me here,

Since he has set me on this strife of swords.

[Exeunt Orestes, Pylades, and Electra

Strophe I

Chor. Many dread forms of evils terrible

Earth bears, and Ocean's bays

With monsters wild and fierce

[*]O'erflow, and through mid-air the meteor lights

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Sweep by; and wingèd birds