My hope is vanished so!
O Earth, O Earth,
From death redeem!
O Earth, O Jove deliver!
Herald.
To the ships! to the ships! Obey! I say, obey!
Pity thy robes, if not thy flesh—away!
STROPHE III.
Chorus.
Ye chiefs of the city,
By force they subdue me!
My hope is vanished so!
O Earth, O Earth,
From death redeem!
O Earth, O Jove deliver!
Herald.
To the ships! to the ships! Obey! I say, obey!
Pity thy robes, if not thy flesh—away!
STROPHE III.
Chorus.
Ye chiefs of the city,
By force they subdue me!