To meet thy returning,
A voice of deep mourning,
A tune evil-aboding,
A cry spirit-goading,
Of a Maryandine wailer,[n30]
Thou shalt hear, thou shalt hear,
O King, with many a tear!
ANTISTROPHE I.
Xerxes.
Lift ye, lift ye, the piercing cry!
Tune ye, tune ye, the doleful lay!