In such an hour, with anguish worse than death.
O faithful and beloved, support me still!
The choruses with which this tragedy is interspersed are distinguished for their melody and classic beauty. The following translation will give our readers a faint idea of the one by which the third act is concluded.
Alc. My children! all is finish’d. Now, farewell!
To thy fond care, O Pheres! I commit
My widow’d lord: forsake him not.
Eum. Alas!
Sweet mother! wilt thou leave us? From thy side
Are we for ever parted?
Phe. Tears forbid