THE BACCHANALS.
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Kadmus.
Child, to the halls of Aristaius fare:
Abide thou there.
Agave.
I mourn thee, father!
Kadmus.
Child, I mourn for thee;
And for thy sisters do I weep withal.
Agave.
For Dionysus' tyrannous majesty
Most fearfully hath caused upon thine hall
This shame to fall.
Kadmus.
Yea, outrage foul to him of you was done,
In that his name in Thebes was held in scorn.
Agave.
Farewell, my father.
Kadmus.
Farewell, hapless one,
Daughter!—ah, hardly shalt thou reach such bourn![1] 1380
Agave.
O ye, to my sisters guide me,
My companions in banishment's misery.
O that afar I might hide me
- ↑ i.e. As to fare well.
