_Orest._ An o'er-true prophet was that dread dream-born; Thou slewest one thou never should'st have slain, Now suffer fate should never have been thine. [_Exit_ ORESTES, _leading_ CLYTÆMNESTRA _into the palace, and followed by_ PYLADES _Chor._ E'en of these two I wail the twin mischance; But since long line of murder culminates In poor Orestes, this we yet accept, That he, our one light, fall not utterly. 920 STROPHE I Late came due vengeance on the sons of Priam, Just forfeit of sore woe;— Late came there too to Agamemnon's house, Twin lions, twofold Death.[457] The exile who obeyed the Pythian hest Hath gained his full desire, Sped on his way by counsel from the Gods. STROPHE II Shout ye, loud shout for the escape from ills Our master's house has seen, And from the wasting of his ancient wealth By that defilèd pair, 930 Ill fate intolerable. ANTISTROPHE I And so on one who loves the war of guile Revenge came subtle-souled; And in the strife of hands the child of Zeus In very deed gave help, (We mortals call her Vengeance, hitting well The meetest name for her,) Breathing destroying wrath against her foes. STROPHE III She, she it is whom Loxias summons now, 940 Who dwelleth in Parnassia's cavern vast, *Calling on her who still *Is guileful without guile, *Halting of foot and tarrying over-long: The will of Gods is strangely overruled; It may not help the vile;[458] 'Tis meet to adore the Power that rules in Heaven: At last we see the light. ANTISTROPHE II *Now is the bit that curbed the slaves ta'en off:[459] Arise, arise, O house: Too long, too long, all prostrate on the ground 950 Ye have been used to lie. · · · · · ANTISTROPHE III Quickly all-working Time will bring a change Across the threshold of the palace old, When from the altar-hearth It shall drive all the guilt, With cleansing rites that chase away our woes; And Fortune's throws shall fall with gladsome cast, *Once more benign to see,[460] For new-come strangers settled in the house: At last we see the light. _Enter_ ORESTES, PYLADES, _and followers from the palace. His attendants bear the robe in which_ AGAMEMNON _had been murdered_