Come then! for it is time: give me thy hand!
And if the Gods are gracious to this land,
Let them work wonders now!
(Exit Nurse leading Alcestis, followed by the attendant Women.)
Chorus.—
And turning my heart from sadness
I shall have done with fear,
When the sound of a people’s gladness
Grows loud in mine ear.
(The Women’s chorus goes out. Enter the Men’s Chorus.)