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Celestial pair, who from the realms above

By night and day shed down the beauteous light

To cheer mankind, but who may not illume

Departed spirits, save a mortal pair!

A brother's and a sister's anguish pity!

For thou, Diana, lov'st thy gentle brother

Beyond what earth and heaven can offer thee;

And dost, with quiet yearning, ever turn

Thy virgin face to his eternal light.

[Illustration: MEETING OF ORESTES AND PYLADES]

Let not my only brother, found so late,

Rave in the darkness of insanity!

And is thy will, when 'thou didst here conceal me,

At length fulfill'd—wouldst thou to me through him

To him through me, thy gracious aid extend—

Oh, free him from the fetters of this curse,

Lest vainly pass the precious hours of safety.