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OEDIPUS<br />

systema 1<br />

Behold the man whom ye seek! for in sound is my sight, as the<br />

saying hath it.<br />

CHORUS<br />

O! O!<br />

Dread to see, and dread to hear!<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Regard me not, I entreat you, as a lawless one.<br />

CHORUS<br />

Zeus defend us! who may the old man be?<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Not wholly of the best fortune, that ye should envy him, O guardians<br />

of this land!—'Tis plain: else would I not be walking thus by<br />

the eyes of others, and buoying my strength upon weakness.<br />

CHORUS<br />

antistrophe 1<br />

Alas! wast thou sightless e'en from thy birth? Evil have been thy<br />

days, and many, to all seeming; but at least, if I can help, thou shalt<br />

not add this curse to thy doom. Too far thou goest—too far! But,<br />

lest thy rash steps intrude on the sward of yonder voiceless glade,<br />

where the bowl of water blends its stream with the flow of honied<br />

offerings (be thou well ware of such trespass, unhappy stranger)<br />

retire,—withdraw!—A wide space parts us: hearest thou, toil-worn<br />

wanderer? If thou hast aught to say in converse with us, leave forbidden<br />

ground, and speak where 'tis lawful for all; but, till then,<br />

refrain.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

Daughter, to what counsel shall we incline?<br />

systema 2<br />

ANTIGONE<br />

My father, we must conform us to the customs of the land, yieldiig,<br />

where 'tis meet, and hearkening.<br />

Then give me thy hand.<br />

'Tis laid in thine.<br />

OEDIPUS<br />

ANTIGONE

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