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BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE.
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And again, Kuknos: now engage in strifeThis third time, with such horses and such lord.But there is nobody shall ever seeAlkmené's son shrink, foemen's hand before!"
—"Or ever hear him say" (the chorus thought)"That death is terrible; and help us soTo chime in—'terrible beyond a doubt.And, if to thee, why, to ourselves much more:Know what has happened, then, and sympathize'!"Therefore they gladly stopped the dialogue,Shifted the burthen to new shoulder straight,As, "Look where comes the lord o' the land, himself,Admetos, from the palace!" they out-brokeIn some surprise, as well as much relief.What had induced the king to waive his rightAnd luxury of woe in loneliness?Out he came quietly; the hair was clipt,
