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Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides
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[HIPPOLYTUS _rises, makes a sign of submission, and slowly moves away._
THESEUS, _as soon as he sees him going, turns rapidly and enters the
Castle. The door is closed again._ HIPPOLYTUS _has stopped for a
moment before the Statue of _ARTEMIS, _and, as _THESEUS_ departs,
breaks out in prayer._]

HIPPOLYTUS
So; it is done! O dark and miserable!
I see it all, but see not how to tell
The tale.--O thou beloved, Leto's Maid,
Chase-comrade, fellow-rester in the glade,
Lo, I am driven with a caitiff's brand
Forth from great Athens! Fare ye well, O land
And city of old Erechtheus! Thou, Trozen,
What riches of glad youth mine eyes have seen
In thy broad plain! Farewell! This is the end;
The last word, the last look!
Come, every friend
And fellow of my youth that still may stay,
Give me god-speed and cheer me on my way.
Ne'er shall ye see a man more pure of spot
Than me, though mine own Father loves me not!
[HIPPOLYTUS _goes away to the right, followed by many Huntsmen and other
young men. The rest of the crowd has by this time dispersed, except the
Women of the Chorus and some Men of the Chorus of Huntsmen_.]

CHORUS

_Men_
Surely the thought of the Gods hath balm in it alway, to win me
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