(IRISandMADNESSvanish。)
CHORUS(chanting)
Alas!alas!lament,Ocity;thesonofZeus,thyfairestbloom,isbeingcutdown。
Woeisthee,Hellas!thatwiltcastfromtheethybenefactor,anddestroyhimashemadly,wildlydanceswherenopipeisheard。
Sheismountedonhercar,thequeenofsorrowandsighing,andisgoadingonhersteeds,asifforoutrage,theGorgonchildofNight,withhundredhissingserpent—heads,Madnessoftheflashingeyes。