Where hands with lucre are foul, and the praise
Of counterfeit goodness smoothly sways:
And wisely she guides in the strong man’s despite
All things to an issue of right.
Chorus.
But, hail the king! the city-taking
Seed of Atreus’ race.
How shall I accost thee! How
With beseeming reverence greet thee?
Nor above the mark, nor sinking