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                   and speaks as he moves forward。)



  HERCULES

    Stay; son of Poeas! Lo to thee 'tis given

    Once more to see and hear thy loved Alcides;

    Who for thy sake hath left yon heavenly mansions;

    And comes to tell thee the decrees of Jove;

    To turn thee from the paths thou meanst to tread;

    And guide thy footsteps right。 Therefore attend。

    Thou knowst what toils; what labours I endured;

    Ere I by virtue gained immortal fame;

    Thou too like me by toils must rise to glory…

    Thou too must suffer; ere thou canst be happy;

    Hence with thy friend to Troy; where honour calls;

    Where health awaits thee… where; by virtue raised

    To highest rank; and leader of the war;

    Paris; its hateful author; shalt thou slay;

    Lay waste proud Troy; and send thy trophies home;

    Thy valour's due reward; to glad thy sire

    On Oeta's top。 The gifts which Greece bestows

    Must thou reserve to grace my funeral pile;

    And be a monument to after…ages

    Of these all…conquering arms。 Son of Achilles

                                              (Turning to NEOPTOLEMUS)

    (For now to thee I speak);  remember this;

    Without his aid thou canst not conquer Troy;

    Nor Philoctetes without thee succeed;

    Go then; and; like two lions in the field

    Roaming for prey; guard ye each other well;

    My Aesculapius will I send e'en now

    To heal thy wounds…Then go; and conquer Troy;

    But when you lay the vanquished city waste。

    Be careful that you venerate the gods;

    For far above all other gifts doth Jove;

    Th' almighty father; hold true piety:

    Whether we live or die; that still survives

    Beyond the reach of fate; and is immortal。

  PHILOCTETES  (chanting)

    Once more to let me hear that wished…for voice;

    To see thee after so long time; was bliss

    I could not hope for。 Oh! I will obey

    Thy great commands most willingly。

  NEOPTOLEMUS  (chanting)

    And I。

  HERCULES  (chanting)

    Delay not then。 For lo! a prosperous wind

    Swells in thy sail。 The time invites。 Adieu!

                                          (HERCULES disappears above。)

  PHILOCTETES  (chanting)

    I will but pay my salutations here;

    And instantly depart。 To thee; my cave;

    Where I so long have dwelt; I bid farewell!

    And you; ye nymphs; who on the watery plains

    Deign to reside; farewell! Farewell the noise

    Of beating waves; which I so oft have heard

    From the rough sea; which by the black winds driven

    O'erwhelmed me; shivering。 Oft th' Hermaean mount

    Echoed my plaintive voice; by wintry storms

    Afflicted; and returned me groan for groan。

    Now; ye fresh fountains; each Lycaean spring;

    I leave you now。 Alas! I little thought

    To leave you ever。 And thou sea…girt isle;

    Lemnos; farewell! Permit me to depart

    By thee unblamed; and with a prosperous gale

    To go where fate demands; where kindest friends

    By counsel urge me; where all…powerful Jove

    In his unerring wisdom hath decreed。

  CHORUS  (chanting)

    Let us be gone; and to the ocean nymphs

    Our humble prayers prefer; that they would all

    Propitious smile; and grant us safe return。





                                   …THE END…



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