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SCENE THE FOURTH.

Cinyras, Myrrha, Cecris, Euryclea, Priests, Chorus, People.
Cin.
The rite is now profaned; hence, hence this pomp,
This ineffectual pomp: let the hymns cease.
Meanwhile, oh priests, withdraw elsewhere.—I will,
(A wretched father) weep at least unseen.