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OEDIPUS<br />
Well, may he come with blessing to his State<br />
And me! Who serves his neighbor serves himself. [5]<br />
ANTIGONE<br />
Zeus! What is this? What can I say or think?<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
What now, Antigone?<br />
ANTIGONE<br />
I see a woman<br />
Riding upon a colt <strong>of</strong> Aetna's breed;<br />
She wears for headgear a <strong>The</strong>ssalian hat<br />
To shade her from the sun. Who can it be?<br />
She or a stranger? Do I wake or dream?<br />
'This she; 'tis not--I cannot tell, alack;<br />
It is no other! Now her bright'ning glance<br />
Greets me with recognition, yes, 'tis she,<br />
Herself, Ismene!<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Ha! what say ye, child?<br />
ANTIGONE<br />
That I behold thy daughter and my sister,<br />
And thou wilt know her straightway <strong>by</strong> her voice.<br />
[Enter ISMENE]<br />
ISMENE<br />
Father and sister, names to me most sweet,<br />
How hardly have I found you, hardly now<br />
When found at last can see you through my tears!<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Art come, my child?<br />
ISMENE<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Child, thou art here?<br />
ISMENE<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Touch me, my child.<br />
ISMENE<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
O children--sisters!<br />
ISMENE<br />
O father, sad thy plight!<br />
Yes, 'twas a weary way.<br />
I give a hand to both.<br />
O disastrous plight!
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