Hath sternly crushed.
ANTISTROPHE I.
Semi-Chorus 1.
Alas! alas! the old thrones reel,
The lofty palace topples down;
And Death hath won a bloody crown,
And thou sure end of strife hast made,
O keen cold steel!
Semi-Chorus 2.
And, with fulfilment on her wing,
Curse-laden from the blind old king