Him didst thou leave on Salamis’ shores
Who counted thy thousands by tens and by scores
The strong Oebáres and Parthus, were they
Left to be lashed by the hostile spray?
The Persian princes—woe! woe! woe!
Hast thou left to the flood and the foe?
ANTISTROPHE III.
Xerxes.
Ah me! ah me!
Balefully, balefully with sharp sorrow,
Thou dost pierce my inmost marrow;