Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry; drama; tragedy] [word count] [lemma count] [Soph. OC].
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1737

Chorus

Dear girls, do not be afraid.

Antigone

But where shall I flee?

Chorus

Already a refuge has been found—

Oedipus

What do you mean?

Chorus

1740—That no harm befall you.

Antigone

I feel—

Chorus

What do you think?

Antigone

How we are to go home, I cannot tell.

Chorus

Do not seek to go.

Antigone

Trouble surrounds us.

Chorus

And previously it bore heavily.

Antigone

1745Then it was desperate, but now even crueler.

Chorus

Vast, then, is the sea of your troubles.

Antigone

Alas, alas! Zeus, where shall we turn? 1750To what last hope does the divinity now drive us?



Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry; drama; tragedy] [word count] [lemma count] [Soph. OC].
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