Iphigenia monologue — Iphigenia in Tauris

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. 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,--would'st 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.