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(Ant. 1)<br />
Haply on swiftest steed,<br />
Or in the flying car,<br />
Now they approach the glen,<br />
West <strong>of</strong> white Oea's scaur.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will be vanquished:<br />
Dread are our warriors, dread<br />
<strong>The</strong>seus our chieftain's men.<br />
Flashes each bridle bright,<br />
Charges each gallant knight,<br />
All that our Queen adore,<br />
Pallas their patron, or<br />
Him whose wide floods enring<br />
Earth, the great Ocean-king<br />
Whom Rhea bore.<br />
(Str. 2)<br />
Fight they or now prepare<br />
To fight? a vision rare<br />
Tells me that soon again<br />
I shall behold the twain<br />
Maidens so ill bestead,<br />
By their kin buffeted.<br />
Today, today Zeus worketh some great thing<br />
This day shall victory bring.<br />
O for the wings, the wings <strong>of</strong> a dove,<br />
To be borne with the speed <strong>of</strong> the gale,<br />
Up and still upwards to sail<br />
And gaze on the fray from the clouds above.<br />
(Ant. 2)<br />
All-seeing Zeus, O lord <strong>of</strong> heaven,<br />
To our guardian host be given<br />
Might triumphant to surprise<br />
Flying foes and win their prize.<br />
Hear us, Zeus, and hear us, child<br />
Of Zeus, Athene undefiled,<br />
Hear, Apollo, hunter, hear,<br />
Huntress, sister <strong>of</strong> Apollo,<br />
Who the dappled swift-foot deer<br />
O'er the wooded glade dost follow;<br />
Help with your two-fold power<br />
Athens in danger's hour!<br />
O wayfarer, thou wilt not have to tax<br />
<strong>The</strong> friends who watch for thee with false presage,<br />
For lo, an escort with the maids draws near.<br />
[Enter ANTIGONE and ISMENE with THESEUS]<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
Where, where? what sayest thou?<br />
ANTIGONE<br />
O father, father,<br />
Would that some god might grant thee eyes to see<br />
This best <strong>of</strong> men who brings us back again.<br />
OEDIPUS<br />
My child! and are ye back indeed!