Ah, me! see there! like Gorgons! look! look there!

All dusky-vested, and their locks entwined

With knotted snakes. Away! I may not stay.

Chorus.

O son, loved of thy sire, be calm, nor let

Vain phantoms fret thy soul, in triumph’s hour.

Orestes.

These are no phantoms, but substantial horrors;

Too like themselves they show, the infernal hounds

Sent from my mother!