So when my days have passed away

From noisy, restless tumult free,

May I, in meek obscurity400

And full of years, decline in death.

But death lies heavily on him

Who, though to all the world well known,

Is stranger to himself alone.

ACT III

[Enter Thyestes returning from banishment, accompanied by his three sons.]

Thyestes: At last do I behold the welcome roofs