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  CHORUS (singing)
    What ho! my gallants; thrust away; make haste and burn his eyebrow
off; the monster's guest…devouring。 Oh! singe and scorch the
shepherd of Aetna; twirl the brand and drag it round and be careful
lest in his agony he treat thee to some wantonness。
  CYCLOPS (bellowing in the cave)
    Oh! oh! my once bright eye is burnt to cinders now。
  LEADER OF THE CHORUS
    Sweet indeed the triumph…song; pray sing it to us; Cyclops。
  CYCLOPS (from within)
    Oh! oh! once more; what outrage on me and what ruin! But never
shall ye escape this rocky cave unpunished; ye worthless creatures;
for will stand in the entrance of the cleft and fit my hands into it
thus。 (Staggering to the entrance)
  LEADER
    Why dost thou cry out; Cyclops?
  CYCLOPS
    I am undone。
  LEADER
    Thou art indeed a sorry sight。
  CYCLOPS
    Aye; and a sad one; too。
  LEADER
    Didst fall among the coals in a drunken fit?
  CYCLOPS
    Noman has undone me;
  LEADER
    Then there is no one hurting thee after all。
  CYCLOPS
    Noman is blinding me。
  LEADER
    Then art thou not blind。
  CYCLOPS
    As blind as thou; forsooth。
  LEADER
    How; pray; could no man have made thee blind?
  CYCLOPS
    Thou mockest me; but where is this Noman?
  LEADER
    Nowhere; Cyclops。
  CYCLOPS
    It was the stranger; vile wretch! who proved my ruin; that thou
mayst understand rightly; by swilling me with the liquor he gave me。
  LEADER
    Ah! wine is a terrible foe; hard to wrestle with。
  CYCLOPS
    Tell me; I adjure thee; have they escaped or are they still
within?

    (During the following lines; ODYSSEUS and his men slip by the
CYCLOPS; despite his efforts to stop them。)

  LEADER
    Here they are ranged in silence; taking the rock to screen them。
  CYCLOPS
    On which side?
  LEADER
    On thy right。
  CYCLOPS
    Where?
  LEADER
    Close against the rock。 Hast caught them?
  CYCLOPS
    Trouble on trouble! I have run my skull against the rock and
cracked it
  LEADER
    Aye; and they are escaping thee。
  CYCLOPS
    This way; was it not? 'Twas this way thou saidst。
  LEADER
    No; not this way。
  CYCLOPS
    Which then?
  LEADER
    They are getting round thee on the left。
  CYCLOPS
    Alas! I am being mocked; ye jeer me in my evil plight。
  LEADER
    They are no longer there; but facing thee that stranger stands。
  CYCLOPS
    Master of villainy; where; oh! where art thou?
  ODYSSEUS
    Some way from thee I am keeping careful guard over the person of
Odysseus。
  CYCLOPS
    What; a new name! hast changed thine?
  ODYSSEUS
    Yes; Odysseus; the name my father gave me。 But thou wert doomed to
pay for thy unholy feast; for I should have seen Troy burned to but
sorry purpose; unless I had avenged on thee the slaughter of my
comrades。
  CYCLOPS
    Woe is me! 'tis an old oracle coming true; yes; it said I should
have my eye put out by thee on thy way home from Troy; but it likewise
foretold that thou wouldst surely pay for this; tossing on the sea for
many day。
  ODYSSEUS
    Go hang! E'en as I say; so have I done。 And now will I get me to
the beach and start my hollow ship across the sea of Sicily to the
land of my fathers。
  CYCLOPS
    Thou shalt not; I will break a boulder off this rock and crush
thee; crew and all; beneath my throw。 Blind though I be; I will
climb the hill; mounting through yonder tunnel。
  LEADER
    As for us; henceforth will we be the servants of Bacchus;
sharing the voyage of this hero Odysseus。




                                   …THE END…


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