Semi-Chorus.
And thou can'st not discern futurity.
Semi-Chorus.
Can I behold the mind of Zeus? Can I
Look into that unfathomable deep?
Due measure when thou prayest thou should' st keep.
Semi-Chorus.
Where lies the mark that may not be o'ertrod?
Semi-Chorus.
Search not too far the purposes of God.
Chorus.
Zeus is King: may he decree
I be bounden to no lord
Loathed for lust and cruelty.
Mighty and most gentle, he
With remedial touch restored
Io in her misery
To calm of mind from sorrow free.
And may he this woman's war
Crown with victory. Life and Fate
Demand that we exact no more
Than that good preponderate.
It contents me then, whate'er
The judgment which the Gods approve
If there be embodied there
Justice which my prayers could move.
