See I my wife indeed?
Or doth some god distract me with false joy?
_Herc._ In very deed dost thou behold thy wife. {1200}
_Adm._ See that it be no phantom from beneath.
_Herc._ Make not thy friend one that evokes the shades.
_Adm._ And do I see my wife, whom I entomb'd?
_Herc._ I marvel not that thou art diffident.
_Adm._ I touch her; may I speak to her as living?
_Herc._ Speak to her: thou hast all thy heart could wish.
_Adm._ Dearest of women, do I see again
That face, that person? This exceeds all hope;
I never thought that I should see thee more.
_Herc._ Thou hast her; may no God be envious of thee. {1210}
_Adm._ O be thou blest, thou generous son of Jove!
Thy father's might protect thee! Thou alone
Hast rais'd her to me; from the realms below
How hast thou brought her to the light of life?
_Herc._ I fought with him that lords it o'er the shades.
_Adm._ Where with the gloomy tyrant didst thou fight?
_Herc._ I lay in wait and seized him at the tomb.
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