IPHIGENEIA IN TAURICA.
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Thoas.
What behoves to do?
Iphigeneia.
Draw thy mantle o'er thine eyes.
Thoas.
Lest I be tainted of their sin?
Iphigeneia.
If o'erlong I seem to tarry,—
Thoas.
What the limit set herein?
Iphigeneia.
Marvel not. 1220
Thoas.
In thine own season render thou the dues divine.
Iphigeneia.
Fair befall this purifying as I would!
Thoas.
Thy prayer is mine.
Iphigeneia.
Lo, and even now I see the strangers pacing forth the fane,
With the adorning of the Goddess, with the lambs,—that by blood-stain
