King.
But if Ægyptus’ sons shall claim you, pleading
Their country’s laws, and their near kinship, who
Shall dare to stand respondent? You must plead
Your native laws, so the laws plead for you,
And speak you free from who would force your love.
STROPHE III.
Chorus.
Ah ne’er to the rough-handed youth let me yield,
But rather alone, ’neath the wide starry field,
Let me wander, an outcast, a stranger!