IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS

O winds of Heaven, speed Orestes home,
And I will guide him on his way to Athens
And will save Thy likeness, Artemis, my Sister.

The First Maiden

Smooth seas to them and may their journey's end 1490

Become unending joy!

The Fourth Maiden
Pallas Athena, let us prove Thy name
As hallowed upon earth as in high Heaven.

The Third Maiden

And let us take to heart
Thy unexpected but so welcome words, 149;

The Second Maiden

Command us with Thy grace,
O Conqueror of anger and of fear,
Award us wiser ways.

The First Maiden
Undo our troubled guile, crown us with Truth. 1499

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