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The Persians.
Chorus.
Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe!
Xerxes.
Heavy, in sooth, the blow.
Chorus.
Which sorely I bemoan.
Xerxes. Antistrophe VI.
Ply, ply the stroke, lift for my sake your cries.
Chorus.
Woe-fraught, I weep amain.
Xerxes.
Wail with responsive groan.
Chorus.
This care, my liege, I own.
Xerxes.
Swell loud the doleful strain.
Chorus.
Woe! Woe! Alas! Woe! Woe! 1030
Xerxes.
Mingled with many a blow!
Chorus.
Yea, black, and fraught with sighs.
