The Project Gutenberg eBook of Iphigenia in Tauris This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at gutenberg.cinevost.com. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Iphigenia in Tauris Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translator: Anna Swanwick Release date: May 18, 2005 [eBook #15850] Most recently updated: December 14, 2020 Language: English Credits: Produced by David Starner, Peter Barozzi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS *** Produced by David Starner, Peter Barozzi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Handy Literal Translations GOETHE'S Iphigenia In Tauris _Translated by_ ANNA SWANWICK ARTHUR HINDS & CO. 4 COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. IPHIGENIA. THOAS, _King of the Taurians_. ORESTES. PYLADES. ARKAS. ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I. _A Grove before the Temple of Diana_. IPHIGENIA. Beneath your leafy gloom, ye waving boughs Of this old, shady, consecrated grove, As in the goddess' silent sanctuary, With the same shudd'ring feeling forth I step, As when I trod it first, nor ever here Doth my unquiet spirit feel at home. Long as the mighty will, to which I bow, Hath kept me here conceal'd, still, as at first, I feel myself a stranger. For the sea Doth sever me, alas! from those I love, And day by day upon the shore I stand, My soul still seeking for the land of Greece. But to my sighs, the hollow-sounding waves Bring, save their own hoarse murmurs, no reply. Alas for him! who friendless and alone, Remote from parents and from brethren dwells;