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1973But who was to be sacrificed? 1973 Why be so fierce?"
1973Why hast thou slain Deiphobus and robbed me of my revenge?
1973Why make so much trouble about one girl? 1973 Will nobody go as a spy among the Trojans?"
1973You swore to give me a gift,said Ulysses,"and will you keep your oath?"
1973But Hector said,"Have ye not had your fill of being shut up behind walls?
1973But, tell me, do the Trojans keep good watch, and where is Hector with his horses?"
1973How hast thou borne to be thus beaten and disgraced, and to come within the walls of Troy?
1973Is there bad news from home that your father is dead, or mine; or are you sorry that the Greeks are getting what they deserve for their folly?"
1973Then Achilles rose again, and cried:"What coward has smitten me with a secret arrow from afar?
1973Then Calchas--"here he stopped, saying:"But why tell a long tale?
1973Then OEnone answered scornfully:"Why have you come here to me?
1973This man has slain many of my sons, and if he slays thee whom have I to help me in my old age?"
1973Thou hast not the strength to fight the unconquerable son of Peleus, for if Hector could not slay him, what chance hast thou?
1973Where is Diomede, where is Achilles, where is Aias, that, men say, are your bravest?
1973Will none of them stand before my spear?"
1973have we not here among us many Trojan prisoners, waiting till their friends pay their ransom in cattle and gold and bronze and iron?
9313And why is he not here with you?
9313Are we to live on this great earth all alone?
9313But humbled as I am and worn with toil, how shall I ever please him? 9313 But what does he look like?"
9313Is it your voice, Syrinx?
9313Nay,said Pylades;"how can I swear?
9313Shall we sing together?
9313What are ye?
9313What does she possess that I have not in greater abundance? 9313 Where is your husband?"
9313Why do you worship Latona before me?
9313And are you deceived by this show of kindliness?
9313And what should her bones be but the rocks that are a foundation for the clay, and the pebbles that strew the path?"
9313Are birds careful?
9313Art thou slain?
9313But now what remains to us?
9313But where is your cockle- shell that brought you hither?"
9313Have you forgotten what the Oracle decreed,--that you were destined for a dreadful creature, the fear of gods and men?
9313Have you fought them for ten years without learning their devices?
9313Then, seeing that even the old and wretched clung to their gift of life, who should offer herself but the young and lovely queen, Alcestis?
9313What is it that you trust?
9313What were hounds to such as he, or nets spread for a snare?
9313Who could pass by such a marvel?
9313Who could remember to be careful when he was to fly for the first time?
9313Who has done thee any hurt?"
9313he roared then,"robbers or rovers?"
10717***** Lords of the lute[1], my songs, what god, what hero, or what man, are we to celebrate?
10717***** Wherewithal of the fair deeds done in thy land, O divine Thebe, hath thy soul had most delight?
10717But is not the Hellenic life at least less remote now to Western Europe than it has ever been since the Northern invasions?
10717But to what headland of a strange shore, O my soul, art thou carrying aside the course of my ship?
10717Come bend thy bow on the mark, O my soul-- at whom again are we to launch our shafts of honour from a friendly mind?
10717Did then the slaughter of Iphigenia far from her own land on Euripos''shore so sting her mother to the arousal of a wrath of grievous act?
10717For she said unto him''Sleepest thou O Aiolid king?
10717From what tribe was she torn to dwell in the secret places of the shadowing hills?
10717Is it lawful openly to put forth my hand to her, or rather on a bridal- bed pluck the sweet flower?''
10717Is not one civilisation more like another than it can be to any barbarism?
10717Is there aught dearer to the good than noble parents?
10717Or had nocturnal loves misguided her, in thraldom to a paramour''s embrace?
10717Or hath some wind blown me out of my course, as when it bloweth a boat upon the sea?
10717Or when thou hadst honour in the wise counsels of Teiresias, or in Iolaos the cunning charioteer, or the unwearied spears of the Spartoi?
10717The maiden''s lineage dost thou, O king, enquire of me-- thou who knowest the certain end of all things, and all ways?
10717The sea- sand none hath numbered; and the joys that Theron hath given to others-- who shall declare the tale thereof?
10717Things of a day-- what are we, and what not?
10717Though the separation in time widens does not the separation in thought decrease?
10717To whom and in what cases are translations of poets useful?
10717What country, what house among all lands shall I name more glorious throughout Hellas?
10717What man begat her?
10717What man was he who with his spear smote noble Telephos by Kaïkos''banks?
10717What perilous enterprise clenched them with strong nails of adamant?
10717What power first drave them in the beginning to the quest?
10717What vaunt is this unseasonable?
10717Whence were revealed the new graces of Dionysos with the dithyramb that winneth the ox[2]?
10717Whether when thou broughtest forth to the light Dionysos of the flowing hair, who sitteth beside Demeter to whom the cymbals clang?
10717Who made new means of guidance to the harness of horses, or on the shrines of gods set the twin images of the king of birds[ 3]?
10717Yet for the beast whose name is of gain[10] what great thing is gained thereby?
10717or when out of the noise of the strong battle- cry thou sentest Adrastos home to horse- breeding Argos, of his countless company forlorn?
10717what shall make an end of woes?
41935Can you see aught ahead?
41935Could you not take him to the palace, my lord?
41935Friends,he said in a low, rapid whisper,"tell me, are ye purposing to starve in the midst of plenty?
41935Hearken,he said uneasily,"do you hear anything, friends?"
41935How, Lord Telemachus?
41935If Noman harms thee, then how should we aid thee, brother? 41935 Merchants, are you?
41935My boy that I suckled, why hast thou come into Hades not yet being dead, for I see that the flesh is still warm upon thee for which I drank to Zeus?
41935Of what profit is it to look to the past, Phocion?
41935Should we not rather trust the king even unto this last thing? 41935 To Ithaca?"
41935What ails you, brother, that you call us from sleep in the night?
41935What sound did you hear?
41935What, then, about this lord of yours?
41935Whither away, whither away, whither away? 41935 Whither away?
41935Who are you, strangers?
41935Why hast thou come here, O wise one, leaving the happy daylight for this cheerless shore? 41935 Wife of mine,"he thought,"shall I ever lie beside you more?
41935Am I less beautiful than Penelope, or less kind?"
41935And whence come you along the paths of the sea?"
41935And who may you be, and what do you in Ithaca?"
41935And will he ever come back to sit in his own chair and rule?"
41935Are your lips another''s now?
41935Are your thoughts to mewards as mine to you?
41935But now, tell me, where is your ship?"
41935But of what kind?
41935But what of Ulysses as a Sybarite?
41935Could he not have left me any time these nine long years of love?
41935Did he not make us promise?
41935Dost mind the soft kids on Circe''s island?
41935Friends, shall we die thus?
41935Had he at last broken away from the loving arms of Circe for this horror?
41935Have we ever found him wanting yet?
41935How can one judge the man of 3000 years ago by the standards of to- day?
41935How he heard the Sirens sing, seen the swaying arms of the foul Scylla, and dwelt in love and slumber with Calypso?
41935How will you answer, my heart''s love?"
41935I can not restrain them; I am young; and what is one against so many?
41935I have loved you well and cherished you, and shall I love you less now?
41935I put ye this question-- Would ye not rather swallow the cold salt water for a moment and so die, than die for days among the rocks?"
41935If the old seer alone could tell him how to conquer the wrath of Poseidon and win to his wife''s arms once more, should he not go with a will?
41935Is he not my kinsman indeed?
41935Is it your will to go and leave the lady?"
41935Is there silver in your bright hair now?
41935Know you where we have landed?
41935Knowest thou in this beyond- earth if the beloved Penelope still holds me in her heart?
41935On what strange place have we chanced?"
41935Pirates?
41935Saw ye ever such fat oxen and cows as graze in the pastures above?"
41935Should we need more aid than that?"
41935What were pale ghosts to a warrior of Troyland and the vanquisher of Polyphemus?
41935When we reach home again, can we not build a great temple to Helios, and fill it with rich gifts?
41935Whither away from the high green field, and the happy blossoming shore?
41935Who am I that I can combat the will of Zeus or the hardness of your heart?
41935Would you be immortal?
41935[ Illustration:"WHO AM I THAT I CAN COMBAT THE WILL OF ZEUS OR THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEART?"
41935or is she perhaps here with thee, lost to the sunlight?"
41935she said, laughing lightly,"are you not going to join us in the fun?
41935was it not all mist and dreams-- the long past?
12641But all this glory and activity of our age; what are they owing to, but to freedom of thought?
12641And you think that is no affair of yours?
12641Are these not enough?
12641But what directs its vascular threads?
12641But what does the sunrise itself signify to us?
12641Could Bill Sykes have done it?
12641Do you think a vicious person eats less than an honest one?
12641Do you think an old Roman would have liked such a piece of filigree work?
12641Does your ordinary English householder know that every costly dinner he gives has destroyed forever as much money as it is worth?
12641Have I not, even as it is, learned much by many of my errors?"
12641Have we, indeed, desired the Desire of all nations?
12641How far, then, have we got in our list of the merits of Greek art now?
12641How many of them have taught it?
12641How of the earth itself?
12641If it be, do the public know it?
12641If you take the wrong cup or the wrong berry, you will die before the day is over, but you will have acquired the dignity of a Free child?"
12641Is there, indeed, no tongue, except the mute forked flash from its lips, in that running brook of horror on the ground?
12641Jupiter pities him and says to her,"''Daughter mine, are you forsaking your own soldier, and do n''t you care for Achilles any more?
12641Or, of modern handicraftsmen, do you think a burglar, or a brute, or a pickpocket could have carved it?
12641Seek for it, in five fibres or in three?
12641Seek for it, in serration, or in sweeping curves?
12641Seek for it, in servile tendrils, or impetuous spray?
12641Seek for it, in woolen wrinkles rough with stings, or in glossy surfaces, green with pure strength, and winterless delight?
12641Shall I not know the world best by trying the wrong of it, and repenting?
12641So we come back to the question,--if the face is to be like a man''s face, why is not the lion''s mane to be like a lion''s mane?
12641That rivulet of smooth silver, how does it flow, think you?
12641Then what are the merits of this Greek art, which make it so exemplary for you?
12641What do we mean by talking of the faults of a picture, or the merits of a piece of stone?
12641What do you think this helmet of lion''s hide is always given to Hercules for?
12641What does all that mean?
12641What does it matter how it is conveyed?
12641What is this"primo mobile,"this transitional power, in which all things live, and move, and have their being?
12641What made him take pleasure in the low color that is only like the brown of a dead leaf?
12641What made them seek for it thus?
12641What made them want that?
12641What was this Nemean Lion, whose spoils were evermore to cover Hercules from the cold?
12641Where do they get it from?
12641Who has paid for their dinner and their pot?
12641Whose cash is it then they are spending?
12641Why do you suppose Milton calls him"sage"?
12641Why that horror?
12641Why, what is"employment"but the putting out of vital force instead of mechanical force?
12641Will you not interfere with it now, when the infection that they venomous idol spreads is not merely death, but sin?
12641Yet of the two, would we rather be watch- dog or fly?
12641You think that puts the case too sharply?
12641You would interfere with the idolatry then, straightway?
12641a wayward youth might perhaps answer, incredulously,"no one ever gets wiser by doing wrong?
12641and that every family ought to watch over and subdue its own living plague?
12641and what real belief the Greek had in these creations of his own spirit, practical and helpful to him in the sorrow of earth?
12641in the cold gray of dawn-- in the one white flower among the rocks-- in these-- and no more than these?
12641or that Michael Angelo would have spent his time in twisting these stems of roses in and out?
12641or that it is cheaper to keep a bad man drunk, than a good man sober?
12641or the Dodger, dexterous with finger and tool?
12641or what is motion?
2395And whither shall we bear her? 2395 Chalciope,"she said,"I declare that I am your sister, indeed-- aye, and your daughter, too, for did you not care for me when I was an infant?
2395Dear, dear,said Zeus,"what can be done to save the frogs?
2395Demophoön, my son,she cried,"what would this stranger- woman do to you, bringing bitter grief to me that ever I let her take you in her arms?"
2395For what has Heracles come to the country of the Amazons?
2395Have I not performed two of the labors? 2395 How can I allow the cleaning of King Augeias''s stables to you when you bargained for a reward for doing it?"
2395How is it with you, friend Admetus?
2395How may I get to your house?
2395How may I go there with you?
2395How?
2395Is it for the girdle given me by Ares, the god of war, that you have come, braving the Amazons, Heracles?
2395Sister, sister, have you taken the eye?
2395To what god is that sacrifice due?
2395Well, mortal, what would you have from the Graiai?
2395Who are you,he asked,"and from whence came the apple that you had them bring me?"
2395Who are you?
2395Who but Argo is the mother of us all? 2395 Who has slain my brothers?
2395Who is he,she cried,"who has been given this mastery over me?"
2395Who will show the way of escape to the others?
2395Why art thou smitten with despair, thou who hast wrought so much and hast won so much? 2395 Why art thou so smitten with despair?"
2395Why do you not come to the houses? 2395 Why do you stay away from the town, old mother?"
2395Why have you come, and why do you sit here in such great trouble, youth?
2395Why is the house of Admetus so hushed to- day?
2395Wouldst thou cross and get thee to the city of Iolcus, Jason, where so many things await thee?
2395Wouldst thou cross the Anaurus?
2395Wouldst thou cross?
2395And Jason?
2395And one said to the other:"What land is this?
2395And one voice said:"Why has Peleus striven so hard to raise a wall that his son shall fight hard to overthrow?"
2395And the first robber said,"Who began that conflict, the frogs or the mice?"
2395And then she said:"What is this strange sickle- sword that you wear?
2395But why do I speak of other princes beside Celeus, our father?
2395But will you swear that you will bring the magic treasures back to us when you have slain the Gorgon and have taken her head?"
2395Could it be that Heracles had come amongst them?
2395Did Nereus not say that a great labor awaited Heracles, and that in the doing of it he should work out the will of Zeus?
2395Had her nurse heard her say something like this out of her dreams, she wondered?
2395Have I not slain the lion of Nemea and the great water snake of Lerna?"
2395Have you taken the tooth?"
2395He sprang up, and he took the hands of Alcestis and he said,"You, then, will take my place?"
2395Heracles slapped him on the leg and said:"What more of the heroic exploits of the mice?"
2395How can I look upon a woman''s face and remind myself that I can not look upon Alcestis''s face ever again?"
2395How could he, he thought, leave Hypsipyle and this land of Lemnos behind?
2395It was then that Jason cried out:"Ah, when Pelias spoke of this quest to me, why did I not turn my head away and refuse to be drawn into it?
2395O ye gods, have ye no pity for Danae, the mother of Perseus?"
2395Pelias said:"If you have been able to come by those juices, how is it that you remain in woeful age and decrepitude?"
2395She had no tears to shed then, and in a hard voice she asked,"Why did my son slay Plexippus and Toxeus, his uncles?"
2395She said to them:"Where can I go, dear children?
2395What can these men do against us who are winged and who can travel through the ways of the air?"
2395What good will my life and my spirit be to me if they can not win this race for me?"
2395What name have you?"
2395What was their doom to be?
2395Whither have we come?
2395Who are you who speak of juices that can bring back one to the strength and glory of his youth?"
2395Who has slain my brothers?"
2395Who told you the way to our dwelling place?
2395Why should I not strive with Death?
2395Why should they not toil, they who were born for great labors and to face dangers that other men might not face?
2395Will you not take her into your house while I am away on a journey?"
2395Wilt thou come with me, Thetis?
2395With a great fear at her heart she cried out:"Dearest, has any food passed your lips in all the time you have been in the Underworld?"
2395Would Chalciope come to her and ask her, Medea, to help her sons?
2395Would she, not finding an opening to fly through, turn back?
2395he cried,"who speak of the garden watched over by the Daughters of the Evening Land?
38011Seest thou them now?
38011''Couldst not thou Trust me, who never loved as I love thee?
38011And art thou too damned as I?
38011And me a widow?
38011And should the cold proud Lord I never loved, the murderer of my girl, Come''twixt my love and me?
38011And this low voice, long silent, keeps it still The music of old time?
38011As I named Her name in haste, she looked with half surprise, And thus she seemed to speak:"What?
38011Break they then still, Those azure circles, on a golden shore?
38011But I:"Oh, soul, What holdeth Life more precious than to know The Giver and to die?"
38011But what cared I?
38011Comest thou from earthly air, or whence?
38011Didst hear him groan?
38011Does my cheek Retain the round of youth and still defy The wear of immemorial centuries?
38011Dost thou know Thou too, the fatal glances which beguiled Those strong rude chiefs of old?
38011For I had found My love at last: what matter if it were A guilty love?
38011For all the tales of the indignant gods, What were they but the priests''?
38011For what is Sin itself, But Error when we miss the road which leads Up to the gate of heaven?
38011Has Passion still no prisoners?
38011Has not the gloom Of this dim land withdrawn from out mine eyes The glamour which once filled them?
38011Have not strong Will And high Ambition rotted into Greed And Wrong, for any, as of old, and whelmed The struggling soul in ruin?
38011Her sweet voice rang Clear as a bird''s:"Mortal, what fate hath brought Thee hither, uncleansed by death?
38011How canst thou breathe Immortal air, being mortal?
38011How should a virgin know Deceit, who never at the joyous shrine Of Cypris knelt, but ever lived apart, And so grew guilty?
38011How should the gods Bear rule if I were happy?
38011How to reach with halting words That infinite Perfection?
38011I had not shrunk From blood, but this, the strong son of my youth-- How should I dare this thing?
38011If all my life Of wedlock was but half a life, what fiend Came''twixt my love and me, but that fair face?
38011Is there, then, any who holds my worship cold And lifeless?
38011Or only phantoms, creatures of the brain, Born of the fears of men, the greed of priests, Useful to govern women?
38011Or seek to engrave upon the treacherous thought The fair and fugitive fancies of a dream, Which vanish ere we fix them?
38011Pine there now No lives which fierce Love, sinking into Lust, Has drowned at last in tears and blood-- plunged down To the lowest depths of Hell?
38011Said I then young?
38011Seeing me, he said:"What?
38011Seest thou them, or am I shut From hope for ever, hungering, thirsting still, A madman and in Hell?"
38011Shall I fear To tell of that great trial, when I strove And Phoebus conquered?
38011Shall my soul Forget the agonized message which he sent, Bidding me come?
38011She was we d; And was not I her mother?
38011Sirs, have you seen the god?''
38011That poor wretch who thought I injured her, stealing the foolish heart Which she prized but I could not, what knew she Of that I suffered?
38011They shall live again On earth, as thou shalt, as thou livest now The Life of Death-- for what is Death but Life Suspended as in sleep?
38011Was it a sigh, A blush, a momentary glance, which brought Assurance of my triumph?
38011Was it just In her, my mistress, who had had my youth, To wreak such vengeance on me?
38011Was it love That drew me then to Paris?
38011Was it not better thus to cease and die Together in one blest moment, mid the flush And ecstasy of worship, and to know Ourselves the victims?
38011Were there any gods?
38011What Love is left for such?
38011What fatal charm is this which Até gives To one poor foolish face?
38011What if they knew No childish loving hands, or worse than all, Had borne them sullen to a sire unloved, And left them without pain?
38011What if we be the cause of ignorance?
38011What is it To have borne the weight of offspring''neath the zone, If Love be not their sire; or live long years Of commerce, not of love?
38011What left his children orphans, but that face?
38011What need Of words to tell of things unreached by words?
38011What need to tell the tale?
38011What need to tell them?
38011What need was there of magical arts to draw The love that never wavered?
38011What power Has brought thee hither?
38011What then in the near future?
38011What, living still?
38011Whence art thou?
38011Why should I seek to clothe myself, and hide The treasure of my Beauty?
38011Why should I stain my soul For such as those-- dogs that would fawn and lick The hand that fed them, but, if food should fail, Would turn and rend me?
38011that art so fair, Were it not haply better to deface Thy fatal loveliness, and leave thee bare Of all thy baleful power?
400A bit of sea- grass on the sand, Dropped from a mermaid''s hair-- Ah, had she come to kiss his name And leave a token there?
400Ah, Aphrodite, was it not from thee My summons came across the endless spaces?
400All of his vows were sweet to hear, Sweet was his kiss to take; Why was her breast so quick to fear, Why was her heart, to break?
400And now, what woman''s eyes would smile on me?
400Are the songs that soothed your fears Vanished like a vanished flame, Save the line where shines your name Starlike down the graying years?
400Coney Island Why did you bring me here?
400Did the warmth of all the sun Thro''your little body run When she kissed your hands and feet?
400Did they weep or did they smile When she crooned to still your cries, She, a muse in human guise, Who forsook her lyre awhile?
400Did you feel her wild heart beat?
400Did your fingers, babywise, Touch her face and touch her hair, Did you think your mother fair, Could you bear her burning eyes?
400Have I not made the world to weep enough?
400Have they heard?
400He went as fast as I could run; I wonder how he crossed the sky?
400How shall I sing of sunlight Who never saw the sun?
400I can not see-- Is every one so lonely when he dies?
400I still am beautiful, and yet what child Would think of me as some high, heaven- sent thing, An angel, clad in gold and miniver?
400II Where is the silver in the rain, Where is the music in the sea, Where is the bird that sang all day To break my heart with melody?
400IV What am I that he should love me, He who stands so far above me, What am I?
400In carven coffers hidden in the dark Have you not laid a sapphire lit with flame And amethysts set round with deep- wrought gold, Perhaps a ruby?
400K. Are we not past the caring for their eyes And nearer to the heaven than to earth?
400K. Are you afraid, Who were so dauntless till the walls gave way?
400K. May they not see us?
400K. Shall I not see them now?
400K. Why came we here in all the noon- day light With only darting swallows over us To make a speck of darkness on the sun?
400L. But you have been an enemy, my lord, With walls between us and with moss- grown moats, Now on a sudden must I kiss your mouth?
400L. How could I show you in one day, my lord, My castle and my treasures and my tower?
400My eyes, my mouth, My hair that loved the wind, were they not worth The breath of love upon them?
400My heart that beats too fast will rest too soon; I shall not know if it be night or noon,-- Yet shall I struggle in the dark for breath?
400O girl whose lips Erato stooped to kiss, Do you go sorrowing because of this In fields where poets sing forevermore?
400Or would his heart rejoice and overflow, As happy brooks that break their icy rim When April''s horns along the hillsides blow?
400Or would it still remember, tho''it spanned A thousand heavens, while the planets fanned The vacant ether with their voices deep?
400Ornella, are you there?
400Rispetto Was that his step that sounded on the stair?
400Sappho, tell me this, Was I not sometimes fair?
400Shall I not see all these and all your treasures?
400The Rose and the Bee If I were a bee and you were a rose, Would you let me in when the gray wind blows?
400The Wind A wind is blowing over my soul, I hear it cry the whole night thro''-- Is there no peace for me on earth Except with you?
400The room is filled with lights-- with waving lights-- Who are the men and women''round the bed?
400The sun''s gone in, the sparkle''s dead, There falls a dash of rain, But who would care when such an air Comes blowing up the Seine?
400There was no evil hidden in my life, And yet, and yet, I would not have them know-- Am I not floating in a mist of light?
400To- day, to- night?
400Was it for love of lost delight Love looked back as he took his flight?
400Was it not lonely when across the floor No step was heard, no sudden song that bore My whole heart upward with a joyous pain?
400Was that his knock I heard upon the door?
400We weep before the Blessed Mother''s shrine, To think upon her sorrows, but her joys What nun could ever know a tithing of?
400Were not the pictures and the volumes fain To have me with them always as before?
400What care have I To please Apollo since Love hearkens not?
400What have I said, Ornella?
400What if I lost the power to lie, And he should only hear his name In one low, broken cry?
400What if my voice should let him know The mocking words were all a sham, And lips that laugh could tremble so?
400What if, to- night, I should revisit them?
400What was I saying?
400When the dusk was wet with dew, Cleis, did the muses nine Listen in a silent line While your mother sang to you?
400Why have the high gods made me wreak their wrath-- Forever since my maidenhood to sow Sorrow and blood about me?
400Why should I tarry?
400Why was the man so glad to woo?
400Will no one fight the Terror for my sake, The heavy darkness that no dawn will break?
400Will you not bring me to your oratory Where prayers arose like little birds set free Still upward, upward without sound of flight?
400Would you hold your petals wide apart, Would you let me in to find your heart, If you were a rose?
400Youth and the Pilgrim Gray pilgrim, you have journeyed far, I pray you tell to me Is there a land where Love is not, By shore of any sea?
11582And do you still think that you can spin and weave as well as I?
11582And who are you, young man?
11582Athena, the queen of the air? 11582 But I have no ship, and how shall I go?"
11582But what shall I do?
11582But who is the Pythia that you spoke about?
11582But wo n''t you give us the start of you a little?
11582But you will at least take fifty young men, your companions, with you?
11582Can no one kill this beast?
11582Did he not tell you that it fits all guests?
11582Has anything happened to Coronis? 11582 Has the king a son?"
11582Have you a pine tree bent down to the ground and ready for me?
11582Have you dropped them, sister? 11582 How can you go to Athens in these lawless times?"
11582How could she teach me? 11582 Is it true,"said Theseus,"that you have lured hundreds of travelers into your den only to rob them?
11582Is there anything that you wish?
11582Is this the kind of bed on which you have your guests lie down?
11582Is this your wonderful bed?
11582My father?
11582O cowardly and shameless men,answered King Minos,"why do you ask this foolish question, since you can but know the cause of my wrath?
11582O mighty king,they said,"what have we done that you should wish thus to destroy us from the earth?"
11582Oh, how can I live,she cried,"now that I must never again use loom or spindle or distaff?"
11582Say you that I am the hope of Athens?
11582Shall I go north, or south, or east, or west?
11582Shall I kill him?
11582Shall this upstart cheat us out of our heritage?
11582Then how can I do otherwise than go?
11582We know a secret which even the Great Folk who live on the mountain top can never learn; do n''t we, sisters?
11582What did he mean?
11582What is a girl good for?
11582What is it called?
11582What is the matter?
11582What is the meaning of all this?
11582What is the name of this town?
11582What kind of entertainment have you?
11582What kind of presents do you want?
11582What must I do?
11582What right has a Cretan to demand tribute in Athens? 11582 What shall we call our city?"
11582What shall we give to this child?
11582What''s this?
11582What? 11582 Where is Cercyon, the wrestler?"
11582Where is the center of the world?
11582Where is the king?
11582Where is the tooth? 11582 Where is this King Cecrops?"
11582Which is the most perilous way?
11582Which of these mighty ones shall we elect to be the protector and patron of our city?
11582Which shall we choose?
11582Who asked where is the center of the world?
11582Who could it have been?
11582Who has done all this?
11582Who is my father, and why are you always watching and waiting and wishing that he would come? 11582 Who is this who comes so willingly?"
11582Who is your master, fair maiden, that I should be afraid of him?
11582Who says that Atalanta shall not go to the hunt? 11582 Who taught you to spin and weave so well?"
11582Why did Jupiter give them to me if I should never use them, nor so much as look at them?
11582Why do n''t you ask for Medusa''s head, for example?
11582Why do n''t you ask for something worth the having?
11582Why do they call him the Stretcher? 11582 Why shall I do that?"
11582Why should I care for what Athena told me?
11582Why should I flee?
11582Will you swear that what you tell me is true?
11582Would n''t you like to put away your arrows and your spear, and go and play with them?
11582Yes, girl- faced stranger,said another,"what do you want here?"
11582You have done so many wonderful things,said the king to Daedalus,"can you not do something to rid the land of this Minotaur?"
11582Admetus went away feeling very sad; for who had ever heard of harnessing a lion and a wild boar together in a chariot?
11582And she answered:"My child, do you see the great flat stone which lies there, half buried in the ground, and covered with moss and trailing ivy?
11582And she kept on, weeping and weeping and weeping, and saying,"How can I live?"
11582And what is that iron bed of his?"
11582And yet what could he mean by the bones of our mother?"
11582But tell us now, what shall be the fate of the seven youths and the seven maidens?"
11582But what of that?
11582But why do you come?"
11582But why do you wish me to lift it?"
11582Can she spin such skeins of yarn as these?
11582Can she weave goods like mine?
11582Could a mere girl outrun such fine fellows as they?
11582Do you agree to this?"
11582Do you still mean to say that I have not taught you how to spin and weave?"
11582Do you think you can lift it?"
11582Does Father Peneus turn you into a tree to keep you from me?"
11582For how should he ever make good his promise and do the king''s bidding?
11582For who among us knows what wealth is or what wisdom is?
11582Have you lost them?"
11582How now was he to build a city, with no one to help him?
11582How was it that Alcestis had been given back to life?
11582Into this house the seven youths and the seven maidens shall be thrust, and they shall be left there--""To perish with hunger?"
11582Is it true that it is your wo nt to fasten them in this bed, and then chop off their legs or stretch them out until they fit the iron frame?
11582Is there anything I can do for you?"
11582So he turned to her, and said:"Am I not right, Medea, in bidding this young hero welcome?"
11582So, when she could think of no other way to get rid of them, Atalanta called them together and said:"You want to marry me, do you?
11582Surely it was not his shepherd?
11582Tell me, is this true?"
11582Then Theseus smiled, and said:"Is your turtle hungry to- day?
11582Was it possible that a little bear could be changed into a pretty babe with fat white hands and with a beautiful gold chain around its neck?
11582What does he want here?"
11582What is the tribute which you require?"
11582What more could he want?
11582What shall I give you to reward you?"
11582What was this Medusa''s head which he had so rashly promised to bring?
11582Where are the Maidens who keep the golden apples of the Western Land?
11582Where is he?"
11582Where is the eye?"
11582Which shall we choose?"
11582Which way shall I go to find them?"
11582Who is our mother, if it is not the Earth, from whom all living things have sprung?
11582Would not each of them bring him a present to be given to her father?
11582[ Illustration:"OUT OF THE YAWNING CREVICE THERE SPRANG A WONDERFUL CREATURE"]"What is his name?"
11582and do you want me to feed him?"
11582and what is this tribute of which he speaks?"
11582asked Theseus--"to go by ship or to make the journey on foot round the great bend of land?"
11582he cried,"is this the way in which the river saves you?
11582the Theseus who has rid the world of the mountain robbers, and of Cercyon the wrestler, and of Procrustes, the pitiless Stretcher?"
11582who was that sitting on the hilltop, with the sheep around him listening to his music?
32326''And who are you?''
32326''And who is Sinis, and why does he bend pine trees?''
32326''But who was to be sacrificed?
32326''But, my son, who shall defend me, who shall guide me, when I have lost thee, the light of mine eyes, and the strength of my arm?''
32326''Can not you cross, mother?''
32326''Did you find him asleep?''
32326''Did you meet or hear of the man who killed the Maceman and slew the Pine- Bender, and kicked Sciron into the sea?''
32326''Do you dread the Pine- Bender?''
32326''Even so much?''
32326''How can any man bring out that bedstead?''
32326''Is it a god?''
32326''Is it even so?''
32326''Is it so?''
32326''Is not that the Ship of Death, and must we not cast lots for the tribute to King Minos?''
32326''Is the king weeping alone, while the fathers and mothers of my companions have dry eyes?''
32326''Look at yourself in your shining shield: can you see yourself?''
32326''My lord,''said he,''wherefore come you with the Fourteen?
32326''Shall I fear a lame man?''
32326''So shall you carry the fleece to Iolcos, far away, but what is it to me where you go when you have gone from here?
32326''Tell me pray,''said Ulysses,''what land is this, and what men dwell here?''
32326''Then you will try a fall with me?
32326''Unhappy that you are,''cried Theoclymenus,''what is coming upon you?
32326''Was it fairly done?''
32326''We are friends?''
32326''What is your name?''
32326''What news, thou beggar man?''
32326''What shall be done, oh king,''she cried,''to the man who speaks words of love dishonourable to the Queen of Argos?''
32326''Where am I?''
32326''Where are you, Hesperia, where are you hiding?''
32326''Where is our eye?
32326''Where is your own country?''
32326''Wherefore?''
32326''Whither art thou going, unhappy one,''said the youth,''thou that knowest not the land?
32326''Who are you, maiden?
32326''Who?
32326''Whose side would you two take,''he asked,''if Ulysses came home?
32326''Why be so fierce?''
32326''Why do you raise a glad cry, my children?''
32326''Why do you wake us out of our sleep?''
32326''Why hast thou slain Deiphobus and robbed me of my revenge?''
32326''Why have you brought a great shield, Hermes?''
32326''Why make so much trouble about one girl?
32326''Why not?''
32326''Will nobody go as a spy among the Trojans?''
32326''You guessed the token?''
32326''You never helped me in my dangers on the sea,''said Ulysses,''and now do you make mock of me, or is this really mine own country?''
32326''You swore to give me a gift,''said Ulysses,''and will you keep your oath?''
32326''You walked from Troezene?''
32326But Hector said,''Have ye not had your fill of being shut up behind walls?
32326But Ulysses drew his sword, and Circe, with a great cry, fell at his feet, saying,''Who art thou on whom the cup has no power?
32326But a mortal man we have never seen, and wherefore have the gods sent you hither?''
32326But how was he to find out whether he should have children or not?
32326But she kept hoping that Ulysses was still alive, and would return, though, if he did, how was he to turn so many strong young men out of his house?
32326But will you not abide with us awhile, and be our guests?''
32326But, tell me, do the Trojans keep good watch, and where is Hector with his horses?''
32326But, when he came to himself, he sighed, and said:''How shall we meet the feud of all the kin of the slain men in Ithaca and the other islands?''
32326Calypso said to him:''So it is indeed thy wish to get thee home to thine own dear country even in this hour?
32326Can they be fairies of the hill tops and the rivers, and the water meadows?''
32326Can you resist King Minos?''
32326Did I not slay Sinis and Sciron, Cercyon and Procrustes, and Periphetes?
32326Do they practise wrestling at Troezene?''
32326From your legs and shoulders, and the iron club that you carry, methinks you are that stranger?''
32326Have_ you_ got it?''
32326How hast thou borne to be thus beaten and disgraced, and to come within the walls of Troy?
32326Is there bad news from home that your father is dead, or mine; or are you sorry that the Greeks are getting what they deserve for their folly?''
32326Know you to what end they are sailing?''
32326On the threshold he sat down, like a beggar, and Polydectes saw him and cried to his servants,''Bring in that man; is it not the day of my feast?
32326She alone of the three Gorgons was mortal, and could be slain, but who could slay her?
32326Soon they saw the light shining up from the opening in the roof of the hall; and the wife of Dictys came running out, crying:''Good sport?''
32326The dream was in the shape of a girl who was a friend of Nausicaa, and it said:''Nausicaa, how has your mother such a careless daughter?
32326Then Achilles rose again, and cried:''What coward has smitten me with a secret arrow from afar?
32326Then Calchas----''here he stopped, saying:''But why tell a long tale?
32326Then Oenone answered scornfully:''Why have you come here to me?
32326Then Ulysses thought that his heart would break, for how should he, a living man, go down to the awful dwellings of the dead?
32326Then his men said to each other,''What treasure is it that he keeps in the leather bag, a present from King Aeolus?
32326This man has slain many of my sons, and if he slays thee whom have I to help me in my old age?''
32326Thou hast not the strength to fight the unconquerable son of Peleus, for if Hector could not slay him, what chance hast thou?
32326Thus she spake, and called to her maidens of the fair tresses:''Halt, my maidens, whither flee ye at the sight of a man?
32326We may ask, Why did Ulysses pass through the narrows between these two rocks?
32326What cruel men have bound you?''
32326What do you here?
32326What want you?''
32326When Perseus heard that word, he asked,''Where is King Polydectes?''
32326When they were alone he said to Danae:''Who is the father of this child?''
32326Where is Diomede, where is Achilles, where is Aias, that, men say, are your bravest?
32326Where is your ship?''
32326Will none of them stand before my spear?''
32326Would you fight for him or for the wooers?''
32326Ye surely do not take him for an enemy?
32326Yet, tell me, how does Minos treat the captives from Athens, kindly or unkindly?''
32326You will come thither now and again, Hesperia?
32326answered the nymphs,''how shall you slay her, even if we knew the way to that island, which we know not?''
32326have we not here among us many Trojan prisoners, waiting till their friends pay their ransom in cattle and gold and bronze and iron?
32326he said to himself;''is this a country of fierce and savage men?
32326how shalt thou free thy friends from so great an enchantress?''
32326said Theseus,''and is it not easy, even if he be so terrible a fighter, for me to pass him in the darkness, for I walk by night?''
32326said Ulysses,''did I not make it with my own hands, with a standing tree for the bedpost?
32326why did he not steer on the outer side of one or the other?
32326Ã � geus determined to go to Delphi to ask his question: would he have sons to come after him?
32242And can I assist your Majesty in obtaining it?
32242And can not you rest the sky upon a mountain?
32242And do you know,asked the damsel who had first spoken,"that a terrible dragon, with a hundred heads, keeps watch under the golden apple- tree?"
32242And how big was the box?
32242And how broad, I wonder, were the shoulders of Hercules?
32242And how happens that? 32242 And how long a time,"asked the hero,"will it take you to get the golden apples?"
32242And pray what would satisfy you?
32242And was she not his sister?
32242And what has become of the pitcher now?
32242And what in the world can be inside of it?
32242And what is there in this magnificent golden rose to make you cry?
32242And what of it?
32242And what say you, venerable sir?
32242And what would become of Ben and Bruin?
32242And where did it come from?
32242And why not?
32242And will you never regret the possession of it?
32242And will you stay with us,asked Epimetheus,"forever and ever?"
32242And would Tanglewood turn to smoke, as well as we?
32242And, besides, what would my dear mother do, if her beloved son were turned into a stone?
32242And, pray, who may the Old One be?
32242But what must I do,asked Perseus,"when we meet them?"
32242But where can the monster be?
32242But who gave it to you?
32242But, can you show me the way to the garden of the Hesperides?
32242But,said Perseus,"why should I waste my time with these Three Gray Women?
32242Ca n''t I see into a thick bush as easily as yourself? 32242 Can you believe,"asked Eustace,"that there was once a winged horse?"
32242Can you tell me, pretty maidens,asked the stranger,"whether this is the right way to the garden of the Hesperides?"
32242Cousin Eustace,said Sweet Fern,"did the box hold all the trouble that has ever come into the world?"
32242Did you ever hear the like?
32242Do n''t you think that I succeeded pretty well in catching that wonderful pony?
32242Do you call that a wonderful exploit?
32242Do you not believe,said he, looking at the damsels with a smile,"that such a blow would have crushed one of the dragon''s hundred heads?"
32242Do you think that I was there, to measure him with a yard- stick? 32242 Dost thou bleed, my immortal horse?"
32242Have we not an author for our next neighbor?
32242Have you brought me the head of Medusa with the snaky locks? 32242 Have you performed your promise?"
32242How could it fail?
32242How, then, can I tell you what is inside?
32242Is the sky very heavy?
32242Is there something alive in the box? 32242 Just take the sky upon your head one instant, will you?
32242My dear Epimetheus,cried Pandora,"have you heard this little voice?"
32242O Primrose and Periwinkle, do you hear what he says?
32242Oh, what shall we do, sisters? 32242 Pandora, what are you thinking of?"
32242Perseus,said the voice,"why are you sad?"
32242Pray what is the matter with you, this bright morning?
32242Pray, my good host, whence did you gather them?
32242Pray, my young friend,said he, as they grew familiar together,"what may I call your name?"
32242Pray, what do you want with me?
32242Pray, who are you, beautiful creature?
32242Quicksilver? 32242 Shall I lift the lid again?"
32242Shall we not meet her soon?
32242So you have got the golden apples?
32242Tell me,cried he, before the Old One was well awake,"which is the way to the garden of the Hesperides?"
32242The Golden Touch,asked the stranger,"or your own little Marygold, warm, soft, and loving as she was an hour ago?"
32242The Golden Touch,continued the stranger,"or a crust of bread?"
32242Then you are not satisfied?
32242Was it the girdle of Venus,inquired the prettiest of the damsels,"which makes women beautiful?"
32242Well, and what of that?
32242Well, friend Midas,said the stranger,"pray how do you succeed with the Golden Touch?"
32242What can it be?
32242What can that be?
32242What could induce me?
32242What do you want there?
32242What in the world do you want here? 32242 What is the matter, father?"
32242What sort of a staff had he?
32242What will Epimetheus say? 32242 Whence can the box have come?"
32242Where are you, Perseus?
32242Where is she?
32242Where?
32242Which shall I strike at?
32242Who are ye, wonder- working strangers?
32242Who are you, down at my feet there? 32242 Who are you, inside of this naughty box?"
32242Who are you?
32242Whose garment is this,inquired Perseus,"that keeps rustling close beside me in the breeze?"
32242Why do you squeeze me so hard? 32242 Will you be kind enough to tell me whether the fountain has any name?"
32242You silly children, what do you want of more snow?
32242Your sister?
32242Alas, what had he done?
32242And almost the first question which she put to him, after crossing the threshold, was this,--"Epimetheus, what have you in that box?"
32242And how can I possibly tie it up again?"
32242And how long was his little finger?"
32242And now, my little auditors, shall I tell you something that will make you open your eyes very wide?
32242And pray, adventurous traveler, what do you want there?"
32242And this, then, is Pirene?
32242And was Cousin Eustace with the party?
32242And what could that favor be, unless to multiply his heaps of treasure?
32242And what else did Bellerophon behold there?
32242And what was to be done?
32242And whence do you come, in that little cup?"
32242And who are you?"
32242And your companion there?
32242And, as your next effort, what if you should try your hand on some one of the legends of Apollo?"
32242And, on that island, what do you think he saw?
32242And, truly, my dear little folks, did you ever hear of such a pitiable case in all your lives?
32242Are there no better walkers than yourself in the island of Seriphus?"
32242But are you quite sure that this will satisfy you?"
32242But was it really and truly an old man?
32242But, in the first place, do any of you know what a Gorgon is?"
32242But, pray, have you lost a horse?
32242Can not I carry the golden apples to the king, your cousin, much quicker than you could?
32242Could he drag the plow so well, think you?
32242Dear Bellerophon, do you not see that it is no bird?
32242Do n''t you pity me, Primrose?"
32242Do n''t you see me?"
32242Do n''t you think her the exact picture of yourself?
32242Do you know whether the winged horse Pegasus still haunts the Fountain of Pirene, as he used to do in your forefathers''days?"
32242Do you perceive no nice workmanship in that?
32242Do you think that you should be less curious than Pandora?
32242Do you think you could tell us another as good?"
32242Do you, then, love this king, your cousin, so very much?"
32242Has he as strange a one?"
32242Have I not faithfully kept my promise with you?
32242Have you burnt your mouth?"
32242Have you never made the sunshine dance into dark corners, by reflecting it from a bit of looking- glass?
32242Have you not everything that your heart desired?"
32242How could a helmet make him invisible, unless it were big enough for him to hide under it?
32242How many days, think you, would he survive a continuance of this rich fare?
32242How shall I make him believe that I have not looked into the box?"
32242If any such misfortune were to happen, how could he ever get rid of the sky?
32242If you were left alone with the box, might you not feel a little tempted to lift the lid?
32242In those days, spectacles for common people had not been invented, but were already worn by kings; else, how could Midas have had any?
32242Of that you may be certain; else how could the book go on a step farther?
32242Of what use would wings be to a horse?
32242On which side of us does it lie?
32242Or could it be the beating of her heart?
32242Or was it merely the singing in Pandora''s ears?
32242Pray, why do you live in such a bad neighborhood?"
32242Quicksilver?"
32242So you have made a discovery, since yesterday?"
32242Tell me, now, do you sincerely desire to rid yourself of this Golden Touch?"
32242The ancient poets remodeled them at pleasure, and held them plastic in their hands; and why should they not be plastic in my hands as well?"
32242What can have been the matter with them?"
32242What could it be, indeed?
32242What do you think has happened?
32242What harm can there be in opening the box?
32242What if you should take my burden on your shoulders, while I do your errand for you?"
32242What in the world could we do without her?
32242What mortal, even if he possessed a hundred lives, could hope to escape the fangs of such a monster?
32242What say you, Sweet Fern, Dandelion, Clover, Periwinkle?
32242What sort of a contrivance may that be, I wonder?
32242Which of the three is Medusa?"
32242Which of these two things do you think is really worth the most,--the gift of the Golden Touch, or one cup of clear cold water?"
32242Why, friend, are you in your senses?
32242Why, what could have become of the child?
32242Would any of you, after hearing this story, be so foolish as to desire the faculty of changing things to gold?"
32242Would he be less so by dinner time?
32242Would it not be better to set out at once in search of the terrible Gorgons?"
32242Yet, what other loaf could it possibly be?
32242Your mother, beholding you safe and sound, will shed tears of joy; and what can she do more, should you win ever so great a victory?
32242[ Illustration: BELLEROPHON AT THE FOVNTAIN]"And have you never seen him, my fair maiden?"
32242[ Illustration] TANGLEWOOD PLAY- ROOM[ Illustration] AFTER THE STORY"Primrose,"asked Eustace, pinching her ear,"how do you like my little Pandora?
32242[ Illustration] TANGLEWOOD PORCH[ Illustration] AFTER THE STORY"Was not that a very fine story?"
32242[ Illustration] THE HILL- SIDE[ Illustration] AFTER THE STORY"How much did the pitcher hold?"
32242[ Illustration] THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES[ Illustration] Did you ever hear of the golden apples, that grew in the garden of the Hesperides?
32242cried Perseus, to whom this seemed only a new difficulty in the path of his adventure;"pray who may the Three Gray Women be?
32242cried little Marygold, who was a very affectionate child,"pray what is the matter?
32242cried these kind- hearted old people,"what has become of our poor neighbors?"
32242must you go so soon?"
32242shouted Hercules, very wrathfully,"do you intend to make me bear this burden forever?"
32242sisters, what Nymphs does he mean?"
32242what is the young man talking about?"
32242what shall we do?
32242why did n''t we go without our supper?"
32242why have you opened this wicked box?"
40476A man can die but once, and how better than in trying to save his fellows?
40476Ah, father, thinkest thou that aught could be more bitter than to sit in the seat of kings whilst thou wanderest a beggar on the face of the earth? 40476 Ah, my friend, how can I thank thee?
40476Ah, sire,they cried,"how can we tell thee the evil tidings?
40476Alcestis, Alcestis, where art thou? 40476 Am I a goddess,"she asked,"or is this to be dead?
40476And thy vow,she asked--"hast thou found release from it?"
40476And thy vow?
40476And whence came the apples?
40476And who gave me to thee to slay on the barren mountain- side?
40476And who has lifted the veil from thine eyes, my son?
40476And, knowing this, thou didst stake thy life on my love?
40476Are not midnight and noonday fair to thine eyes?
40476Art thou close at hand?
40476Art thou content to come home with me, my child,she asked,"or has the glamour of the world ensnared thee?"
40476Art thou she who calls me?
40476Because thou hast trespassed unlawfully on my domain, dost thou think I will grant thee thy boon?
40476But if the queen, thy wife, may return to the earth in the spring- time, may not Eurydice, too, come back at thy command?
40476But if those who venture too far never return, how shall I bear back the essence of undying beauty in the casket?
40476By what right,asked Toxeus,"shall one bear off the trophy of a hunt in which each one of us has played his part?"
40476Can a snail outstrip a deer?
40476Can it be-- can it really be my son?
40476Child of Earth, what dost thou here?
40476Did the winning of the bull bring sorrow either to thee or to me?
40476Dost thou accept the condition, then?
40476Dost thou love this maiden with all thy heart and soul, Admetus?
40476Dost thou think me so faithless, OEnone?
40476Farewell, OEnone? 40476 Farewell?"
40476Good mother,she said,"how many years didst thou say we two have lived in this wave- washed tower?"
40476Hast thou swept my garner, Psyche, and sorted the grain each after its kind?
40476Have I been deceived? 40476 Have I not told thee,"he said impatiently,"Narcissus?"
40476Have I warmed the blood back to thy heart, fair maid?
40476How came she to die?
40476How camest thou to make such a vow?
40476How long will it be, my father,she asked,"ere we are troubled no more with strangers in our halls?"
40476How may that be?
40476I know it,cried Admetus;"but why must I die before my time?
40476Is she a stranger, or one of the family?
40476Is there no shorter way I can go and reach her quickly?
40476Is thine own sire dead, then?
40476It is no mockery, as who should know better than I who won her?
40476Left undone?
40476Master,cried Admetus,"what meanest thou?"
40476Mine evil fate, sisters? 40476 Mine own lord,"she said,"what can there be that I would not gladly do for thee?"
40476Must I heal thee for the sake of Helen?
40476Must I starve, then, because a strange girl is dead?
40476My child, why wouldst thou go when thou knowest that the world can only bring thee sorrow? 40476 My father,"he cried,"look round upon the hills; hast thou ever seen them so fair as they have been this day?"
40476My lord,she said,"will a young lion step into the cage of his own free will, think you?"
40476My son,she cried--"where is my son?"
40476O Paris, what is power without wisdom? 40476 O beardless innocent,"he said,"who gave thee power over life and death?
40476O god of Light, is there nothing that will touch their hearts? 40476 O kind little people,"she cried,"how can I thank you?"
40476O lady goddesses,he asked,"to which of you shall I give it?"
40476O master, do I not see before me the lion lying tamely by the sheep and the wolf by the side of the lamb? 40476 O mightiest of birds, how can I thank thee?"
40476O most wonderful,he whispered,"who art thou?"
40476OEdipus, OEdipus, why dost thou tarry?
40476Oh, Orpheus, what have I done? 40476 Oh, overbold and rash,"they cried,"thinkest thou to succeed where so many have failed?"
40476One of thy children, can it be, or thy father?
40476Power and wisdom, Paris? 40476 Psyche, Psyche,"she heard,"why wilt thou pollute my stones with blood?
40476Psyche, what doest thou here? 40476 Seest thou not the fire still red from the burning of the sacrifice?
40476Shall I sing thee a song, Eurydice-- the song thou hast sown in my heart?
40476Stranger,they said,"who art thou to throw away thy life thus heedlessly?
40476Surely, my child,he said,"among all these princes there is one whom thou couldst love?"
40476Tell me,he cried,"who art thou and why dost thou call me?"
40476The Fates? 40476 Then that was the one thing better than speed in the race?"
40476Then why doth he hide his face? 40476 Think you that gold can pay for a living soul?"
40476Thou art not angry, then?
40476Thou wilt let me speak my love? 40476 Was there none left,"he asked,"who saw the deed and lived to tell the tale?"
40476What ails thee, Hero? 40476 What didst thou say, father?"
40476What dost thou here, Orpheus?
40476What else can I do, master?
40476What hast thou come for now, thou sprite?
40476What have I done that I should be tortured on my bridal night?
40476What is this famous riddle that none can solve?
40476What is this strange thing?
40476What meanest thou, sire?
40476What meanest thou?
40476What meanest thou?
40476What meanest thou?
40476What sayest thou now, thou whelp? 40476 What sayest thou to the words of the oracle that doomed her to we d a monster?
40476What sayest thou, bearer of ill news that thou art?
40476What talk is this of doves and hawks? 40476 What will you do when she tires of my tales?"
40476What wouldst thou with me, Admetus?
40476When first I stood within thy halls thou didst say to me,''Stranger, who art thou, and whose blood is on thy hands?'' 40476 Where art thou?"
40476Where hast thou learnt to run like the wind?
40476Where have they buried her?
40476Whither goest thou, O king?
40476Who art thou, maiden?
40476Who art thou, stranger, to make this bold request? 40476 Who art thou, stranger?"
40476Who art thou,he said,"a foundling and a shepherd''s foster- son, to enter in the lists against the sons of kings?"
40476Who art thou?
40476Who art thou?
40476Who calls me?
40476Who is he?
40476Who is it that calls me in the voice of the living?
40476Who is my mother Calliope?
40476Who is this young god, who can bring light to the darkness and life to the realms of the dead?
40476Who taught thee thy magic song, Orpheus?
40476Why am I shut up here, all alone?
40476Why ask so poor a sacrifice? 40476 Why couldst thou not trust me, Admetus?"
40476Why do the gods torment me?
40476Why dost thou call me?
40476Wouldst thou lay down thy life for her?
40476Ye gods, what have I done?
40476Yet, where failure is death, surely a man should think twice?
40476Young man,he said,"who art thou, and who is thy father?"
40476''_ Is Mr. E. V. Lucas going to provide its with one of the prettiest books of each Christmas season?
40476A glimpse at his form will tell thee that our tale is true; and if by some strange chance it be not so, what harm can one glance do?"
40476Ah, lady, canst thou love one who sent thee to thy death?"
40476Am I not even now in the prime of my manhood, when others look forward to many a long year of joyous life?
40476Among the immortal gods, where doth he take his place, and why is he not here to greet us?"
40476And the gods who had given him understanding sent light into his heart, and boldly he answered,"What can this creature be but man, O Sphinx?
40476Are there none at home to mourn thee and no kingdom thou shouldst rule?
40476Are they lower than the beasts, then, and will not listen to the voice of reason?"
40476Art thou willing to run in the race?"
40476As the tiny fingers closed round hers, and the soft head pressed against her, she murmured,"Surely, so little a thing can do no harm?
40476At length he looked up, and said,"Thou seekest the great god Eros?
40476Believest thou that I can do this thing?"
40476Beside love, what is power, what is wisdom?
40476But Aphrodite answered,"Why dost thou tremble, Psyche?
40476But his father answered,"Dost thou think that because thou lovest the sunlight thy father loves it not?"
40476But tell me, who art thou, that savest damsels in distress, and drivest away their sorrow with thy wild piping and dance?"
40476But what did the priestess mean when she bade Archias go to the isle whose waters were wedded with the waters of his own native land?
40476But whether it was truly a curse or a blessing, who shall say?
40476Canst thou forgive the lie?"
40476Couldst thou not trust me, who gave thee all the happiness thou hast ever known?"
40476Did I not stand before thee in the path this day and lift my hands in prayer to Hecate?
40476Did I not tell thee that thy first look would be thy last?
40476Dost thou not ask me that question now once more ere we part?"
40476Had he not held an oar in the good ship_ Argo_, whose fame had reached to the uttermost parts of the earth?
40476Has he hidden some misfortune from me?"
40476Hast ever seen his face, child, that thou callest him good and great?"
40476Hast thou no mother or father to mourn thee if any evil chance befall, or any lover who is longing for thy return?
40476Hast thou the strength for this?"
40476Have I not answered aright and guessed thy famous riddle?"
40476Have I spoken plainly now?"
40476Have I thy leave to sing before thee in thy halls?"
40476Have ye forgotten the days when the name of OEdipus was honoured throughout the land?
40476Have ye forgotten the man- devouring Sphinx and the days of darkness?
40476He calls,''Alcestis, why dost thou tarry?
40476His friends would come up from the town to look at his work, or to buy, and would say to him,"Pygmalion, art thou not lonely here, all alone?
40476How can I doubt thy power?"
40476How can I thank thee?"
40476How long is a woman''s life, good nurse?"
40476How wilt thou look when one of thy masters is laid in the grave?
40476How, then, can they ask me a boon?"
40476How, then, in the day of my triumph, should I forget them?"
40476I did as she bade me, and surely we have not been unhappy, thou and I, together, all these years?"
40476If I have sinned in leaving Menelaus, shall I not sin again in leaving Paris?
40476If it come soon or late, what matter?
40476If music may live without sound or words, may not the soul live too without bones and flesh?
40476Is that not so?"
40476Knowest thou not that doubt driveth away love?
40476Knowest thou not that long ago I loved thee not, because thy beauty taught men to forget my dues, and mine own son didst thou lead to disobey my word?
40476Knowest thou that yonder stream is a jet which springeth up from dark Cocytus, the River of Wailing, which watereth the shores of the dead?
40476Let them but come and look at this fair home of mine, and surely it will not harm me or thee, my dear lord?"
40476Must we set at nought the will of Heaven for the sake of laws that man has made?
40476My children, where are you?
40476My master and mistress live?
40476Nay, doth not every gift of beauty come from thee, O mighty one?
40476Nay, surely, thou wouldst not be so hard of heart?
40476Or shall my sin be less if I flee from the man I love, to go with him I love not?
40476Poor little ones, what will you do without me?
40476Say, wilt thou receive me in thy halls, or wilt thou turn me forth into the storm and darkness?"
40476Say, wilt thou take him or no?"
40476Seest thou not the tall ram yonder by the thorn- bush?
40476Seest thou yon shining river?
40476She had run twice as far as he, but what matter if he had not outsped her?
40476Should I, her priestess, stay away, when even the meanest of the folk gather together in her honour?
40476So he said,"O lady goddesses, who am I that I should judge between you?
40476What are these but empty words at which men vainly grasp?
40476What difference can it make?"
40476What doth she here?"
40476What fate shall be hers?"
40476What if the gods have sent him to comfort our old age, and rule the kingdom when we are dead?
40476What if, after all, there be something in the tale?
40476What is this thing, never the same, yet not many, but one?"
40476What mean ye?
40476What more could we do for them?
40476What rival hath urged thee to this lie, hoping to drive me from the throne of Thebes?
40476What war can come if I go to Troy for the sake of a bull?"
40476What wilt thou?"
40476Who am I that thou shouldst be my servant?"
40476Who but Aphrodite all- powerful?
40476Who is he, then?
40476Who is the woman who is dead?"
40476Who maketh two hearts to cleave together?
40476Why dost thou flee from me?
40476Why dost thou not take thee a wife, and rear up children to be a comfort to thee in thine old age?"
40476Why farewell?"
40476Why should I die before my time?
40476Why, out of them all, hath Death laid his hand on me?"
40476Will ye slay the saviour of your city?
40476Wilt thou come with me, O king, whither the gods shall lead, and learn the secret of my grave?"
40476Wilt thou take me for thine herdsman-- yea or nay?"
40476Yet where is thy lord?
40476[ Illustration:''Alack, dear lion, who has done this wrong?''
40476cried Heracles,"is this the sort of welcome thou art wo nt to give thy master''s guests?
40476cried he;"why so dark and gloomy, my friend?
40476he asked,"or shall I dance again the mad dance that drives away cold and despair?"
40476he cried;"what hast thou done?
40476printed on superfine paper, cloth boards._ Illustrated by Gordon Browne[ Illustration:''And your experience makes you sad?''
40476she cried, pointing towards Sestos;"dost thou see where the white highway runs down into the city-- how a crowd of pilgrims throng towards the gate?
40476she cried;"thou wouldst take away the only joy of my life now, when I have just found it?
40476there, impious wanderers, know ye not that ye sit on sacred land and trespass on hallowed ground?"
40476what other answer could I look for?"
40476where art thou?"
40476where art thou?"
40476why may the dried grass grow green again, but my love must be dead for ever?
40476wouldst thou have my sisters go home disconsolate, thinking that I am dead?
8418''Tis he!--What, sirrah, how Show''st thou before my portals?
8418-- Are we so different?
8418... Aye, and Pentheus, where is he, My son?
8418A MAIDEN Who speaketh?
8418A WOMAN God, is it so soon finished?
8418A WOMAN Say, friends, what think ye?
8418AGAVE But how should we be on the hills this day?
8418AGAVE Dost praise it?
8418AGAVE In what place was it?
8418AGAVE Laid in due state?
8418AGAVE Should God be like a proud man in his rage?
8418AGAVE The daughters.... LEADER The daughters?
8418AGAVE What seest thou here to chide, or not to bless?
8418AGAVE Where shall I turn me else?
8418AGAVE Who slew him?--How came I to hold this thing?
8418AGAVE Why went he to Kithaeron?
8418ANOTHER Nay, are there not men there?
8418Ah wife, sweet wife, what name Can fit thine heavy lot?
8418All That are or shall be?
8418Am I enough trod down?
8418And couldst thou dream that_ I_...?
8418And how runs thy law?
8418And if for once thou hast slipped chain, Give thanks!--Or shall I knot thine arms again?
8418And must all lovers die, then?
8418And must thou, then, turn And struggle?
8418And what help seek, O wounded to despair?
8418And where Gone straying from my wholesome mind?
8418Are they the same?
8418Are we not told His is the soul of that dead life of old That sprang from mine own daughter?
8418At last he brushed his sobs away, and spake:"Why this fond loitering?
8418Aye, men will rail that I forgot my years, To dance and wreath with ivy these white hairs; What recks it?
8418Blasphemies That crave the very gibbet?
8418But here, Out in the wide sea fallen, and full of fear, Hopest thou so easily to swim to land?
8418But soft, methinks a footstep sounds even now within the hall;''Tis he; how think ye he will stand, and what words speak withal?
8418But what is it?
8418But why this subtle talk?
8418CADMUS And in all Thebes shall no man dance but we?
8418CADMUS And that wild tremour, is it with thee still?
8418CADMUS And what child in Echîon''s house had birth?
8418CADMUS Is it the same, or changèd in thy sight?
8418CADMUS O Child, why wilt thou reach thine arms to me, As yearns the milk- white swan, when old swans die?
8418CADMUS O cruel Truth, is this thine home- coming?
8418CADMUS Shall things of dust the Gods''dark ways despise?
8418CADMUS Thou bearest in thine arms an head-- what head?
8418CADMUS Wears it the likeness of a lion to thee?
8418CADMUS What husband led thee of old from mine abode?
8418Canst lead me hence Unseen of any?
8418Clasped he his death indeed, Clasped the rod?
8418Clinging to my sleeve?
8418DIONYSUS And seeing ye must, what is it that ye wait?
8418DIONYSUS Come, say what it shall be, My doom; what dire thing wilt thou do to me?
8418DIONYSUS Doth it change So soon, all thy desire to see this strange Adoring?
8418DIONYSUS Fell ye so quick despairing, when beneath the Gate I passed?
8418DIONYSUS Said I not, or didst thou mark not me, There was One living that should set me free?
8418DIONYSUS So much?
8418DIONYSUS So soft?
8418DIONYSUS What Dost fear?
8418DIONYSUS What, can not God o''erleap a wall?
8418DIONYSUS When I look on thee, it seems I see their very selves!--But stay; why streams That lock abroad, not where I laid it, crossed Under the coif?
8418DIONYSUS Wilt thou be led By me, and try the venture?
8418DIONYSUS Wouldst have them slay thee dead?
8418DIONYSUS Wouldst liefer draw the sword and spill men''s blood?
8418DIONYSUS Wouldst wreck the Nymphs''wild temples, and the brown Rocks, where Pan pipes at noonday?
8418DIONYSUS Yet cravest thou such A sight as would much grieve thee?
8418DIONYSUS(_ while tending him_) And if thou prove Their madness true, aye, more than true, what love And thanks hast thou for me?
8418Did I fall in some god''s snare?
8418Dost see This sunlight and this earth?
8418Dost thou mark us not, nor cherish, Who implore thee, and adore thee?
8418Doth Hecat hold thee perchance, or Pan?
8418Doth she of the Mountains work her ban, Or the dread Corybantes bind thee?
8418Dreams?
8418Drive me from thy sight unheard?
8418For thine ear bent low to a lying Queen, For thine heart so swift amid things unseen?
8418Force me?
8418Gibes of the unknown wanderer?
8418HENCHMAN How then?
8418HENCHMAN Ye women, whither shall I go to seek King Theseus?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Am I so cool?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Dost see me, Mistress, nearing my last sleep?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Father, where art thou?
8418HIPPOLYTUS O God, why hast Thou made this gleaming snare, Woman, to dog us on the happy earth?
8418HIPPOLYTUS O ye great Gods, wherefore unlock not I My lips, ere yet ye have slain me utterly, Ye whom I love most?
8418HIPPOLYTUS The Cyprian?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Thou seekst my heart, my tears?
8418HIPPOLYTUS What wouldst thou?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Where shall I turn me?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Who guide thy chariot, keep thy shrine- flowers fresh?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Who now shall hunt with thee or hold thy quiver?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Why, when thy speech was all so guiltless?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Wilt verily cast me now beyond thy pale, Not wait for Time, the lifter of the veil?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Wilt weigh nor oath nor faith nor prophet''s word To prove me?
8418HIPPOLYTUS Ye stones, will ye not speak?
8418HIPPOLYTUS(_ misunderstanding him; then guessing at something of the truth_) What?
8418HUNTSMAN And good words love, and grace in all men''s sight?
8418HUNTSMAN Clean?
8418HUNTSMAN How deem''st thou of the Gods?
8418HUNTSMAN Knowest thou one law, that through the world has won?
8418HUNTSMAN My Prince-- for"Master"name I none but God-- Gave I good counsel, wouldst thou welcome it?
8418HUNTSMAN Why then wilt thou be proud, and worship not... HIPPOLYTUS Whom?
8418Ha, have I found the way to sting thee, there?
8418Hast thou aught beyond?
8418Hast thou no foes about thee, then, that one-- Thou vile King!--must be turned against thy son?
8418Hast thou played thy part?
8418Hath Time struck that hoary brow?
8418Hath some friend proved false?
8418Have I not welcomed thee?
8418He is no man, but a wonder; Did the Earth- Child not beget him, As a red Giant, to set him Against God, against the Thunder?
8418Heard ye not?
8418Heard ye what she said?
8418His own house, or where?
8418How can I too much hate you, while the ill Ye work upon the world grows deadlier still?
8418How closed the snare Of Heaven to slay the shamer of my blood?
8418How did he die?
8418How didst thou break thy cage?
8418How hast thou''scaped the man of sin?
8418How hath it sped?
8418How many fathers, when a son has strayed And toiled beneath the Cyprian, bring him aid, Not chiding?
8418How many, deem''st thou, of men good and wise Know their own home''s blot, and avert their eyes?
8418How?
8418I would not have mine honour hidden away; Why should I have my shame before men''s eyes Kept living?
8418If thou die now, shall child of thine be heir To Theseus''castle?
8418In full day Or vision of night?
8418In the house?--Phaedra, what fear is this?
8418In thine own Nysa, thou our help alone?
8418Is he in this dwelling?
8418Is it the stain of sins done long ago, Some fell God still remembereth, That must so dim and fret my life with death?
8418Is that so strange?
8418Is there any way With man''s sore heart, save only to forget?
8418Is there not blood before thine eyes even now?
8418Kithaeron''s steeps and all that in them is-- How say''st thou?--Could my shoulders lift the whole?
8418Know I not the fire And perilous flood of a young man''s desire, Desperate as any woman, and as blind, When Cypris stings?
8418LEADER And Pentheus, O Mother, Thy child?
8418LEADER Can he not look into her face and know?
8418LEADER Canst thou not force her, then?
8418LEADER How?
8418LEADER I praise this?
8418LEADER Kithaeron?
8418LEADER O Light in Darkness, is it thou?
8418LEADER Oh, what was left if thou wert gone?
8418LEADER Thou art glad?
8418LEADER Thou know''st no cause?
8418LEADER What sound, what word, O Women, Friend, makes that sharp terror start Out at thy lips?
8418LEADER What wilt thou?
8418LEADER What, O my King?
8418LEADER What, is she mad?
8418LEADER Where in the wildwood?
8418LEADER Where wilt thou turn thee, where?
8418LEADER Who first came nigh him?
8418LEADER Who was next in the band on him?
8418Love?--Oh, what say''st thou?
8418MESSENGER And deem''st thou Thebes so beggared, so forlorn Of manhood, as to sit beneath thy scorn?
8418Me, far away And innocent of sin?
8418My wife?
8418NURSE Have I not tried all ways, and all in vain?
8418NURSE O Son, what wilt thou?
8418NURSE Some enemy''s spell hath made thy spirit dim?
8418NURSE That stings thee?
8418NURSE Theseus, the King, hath wronged thee in man''s wise?
8418NURSE Thou seest?
8418NURSE Thou wouldst dread everything!--What dost thou dread?
8418NURSE What mean''st thou, Child?
8418NURSE What wouldst thou with them-- fancies all!-- Thy hunting and thy fountain brink?
8418NURSE Who knows?
8418NURSE Why hide what honours thee?
8418NURSE(_ after a pause, wondering_) Thy hand is clean, O Child, from stain of blood?
8418NURSE(_ starting_) On thee?
8418NURSE(_ suddenly throwing herself in supplication at PHAEDRA''S feet_) Not wrong me, whom thou wouldst all desolate leave?
8418Nay, Child, what profits silence?
8418Nay, dare ye hear The desolate cry of the young Queen''s misery?
8418Nay, when in might she swoops, no strength can stem Cypris; and if man yields him, she is sweet; But is he proud and stubborn?
8418Never more, then, shalt thou lay Thine hand to this white beard, and speak to me Thy"Mother''s Father"; ask"Who wrongeth thee?
8418No; not secret?
8418Nor when the unrest began?
8418Not Pittheus?
8418O Priest, is this thy face?
8418O dead in anger, dead in shame, The long, long wrestling ere thy breath was cold?
8418O fell, fell steeds that my own hand fed, Have ye maimed me and slain, that loved me of yore?
8418O ill- starred Wife, What brought this blackness over all thy life?
8418O wild young steed, what prophet knows The power that holds thy curb, and throws Thy swift heart from its race?
8418Oh, tell me, why, Why art thou silent?
8418Oh, what echoes thus?
8418Oh, why speak things to please our ears?
8418One of my children torn from me?
8418Or are they dumb as death, This herd of thralls, my high house harboureth?
8418Or did some fresh thing befall?
8418Or doth she seek to die?
8418Or in thine ear Whispered some slander?
8418Or the god That rules thee, is he other than our gods?
8418Or think of ways To trap the secret of the sick heart''s pain?
8418Or this bare hand And shoulder to the crags, to wrench them down?
8418Or were it best to wait Darkened for evermore, and deem your state Not misery, though ye know no happiness?
8418Our rule doth curse the tempters, and no less Who yieldeth to the tempters.--How, thou say''st,"Dupes that I jest at?"
8418PENTHEUS And after?
8418PENTHEUS And comest thou first to Thebes, to have thy God Established?
8418PENTHEUS And how Mean''st thou the further plan?
8418PENTHEUS And so thine eyes Saw this God plain; what guise had he?
8418PENTHEUS And what good bring they to the worshipper?
8418PENTHEUS And whence these revelations, that thy band Spreadeth in Hellas?
8418PENTHEUS Aye, and next?
8418PENTHEUS How comest thou here?
8418PENTHEUS How is thy worship held, by night or day?
8418PENTHEUS Say; stand I not as Ino stands, or she Who bore me?
8418PENTHEUS Shall it be bars of iron?
8418PENTHEUS Thou trickster?
8418PENTHEUS What like be they, these emblems?
8418PENTHEUS What of the city streets?
8418PENTHEUS What way Descended he upon thee?
8418PENTHEUS What?
8418PENTHEUS Who?
8418PENTHEUS(_ brutally_) Is there a Zeus there, that can still beget Young Gods?
8418PENTHEUS(_ not listening to him_) In my right hand Is it, or thus, that I should bear the wand To be most like to them?
8418PHAEDRA A way?
8418PHAEDRA Is it a potion or a salve?
8418PHAEDRA My children?
8418PHAEDRA My hand is clean; but is my heart, O God?
8418PHAEDRA What man''s?
8418PHAEDRA Why art thou ever subtle?
8418PHAEDRA(_ again hesitating_) What is it that they mean, who say men... love?
8418PHAEDRA(_ calmly_) Why, what thing should it be?
8418PHAEDRA(_ musing_) Die; but how die?
8418PHAEDRA(_ rising and trying to move away_) What wouldst thou?
8418Pollution, is it?
8418Said I not-- Knew I not thine heart?--to name To no one soul this that is now my shame?
8418Say, Oh, say What thing hath come to thee?
8418Sayst thou so?
8418See I not In motley fawn- skins robed the vision- seer Teiresias?
8418Shall I bow my head beneath this wrong, And cower to thee?
8418Shall I feel the dew on my throat, and the stream Of wind in my hair?
8418Shall I hold my peace?
8418Shall I set My whole tale forth, or veil the stranger part?
8418Shall our white feet gleam In the dim expanses?
8418Shall strangers hear this tone So wild, and thoughts so fever- flown?
8418Shall the hall Of Pentheus racked in ruin fall?
8418Should the gates of Pentheus quell me, or his darkness make me fast?
8418Should we haste within, And from her own hand''s knotting loose the Queen?
8418Silent still?
8418Some dire deed beyond recall?
8418Some new stroke hath touched, unknown to me, The sister cities of my sovranty?
8418Sprang there from thy father''s blood Thy little soul all lonely?
8418Stand I tainted here, Though utterly innocent?
8418TEIRESIAS Or prove our wit on Heaven''s high mysteries?
8418THESEUS A fit of the old cold anguish?
8418THESEUS Gone?
8418THESEUS Ho, Women, and what means this loud acclaim Within the house?
8418THESEUS How sayst thou?
8418THESEUS O heart of man, what height wilt venture next?
8418THESEUS Oh, horror piled on horror!--Here is writ... Nay, who could bear it, who could speak of it?
8418THESEUS Thou leav''st me clear of murder?
8418THESEUS What?
8418THESEUS What?
8418THESEUS(_ as though unmoved_) How slain?
8418Tell me all-- That held her?
8418The Wild Bull of the Tide?
8418The woman''s?
8418Then Is it a sickness meet for aid of men?
8418There was a Queen, an Amazon... NURSE Hippolytus, say''st thou?
8418Think thee now; How toucheth this the part of Dionyse To hold maids pure perforce?
8418Thou bitter King, art thou glad withal For thy murdered son?
8418Thou fearest for the damsels?
8418Thou hast heard of Tmolus, the bright hill of flowers?
8418Thou, Zeus, dost see me?
8418To stand from fear set free, to breathe and wait; To hold a hand uplifted over Hate; And shall not Loveliness be loved for ever?
8418To stand from fear set free, to breathe and wait; To hold a hand uplifted over Hate; And shall not Loveliness be loved for ever?
8418To what friend''s door Betake me, banished on a charge so sore?
8418Too much?
8418Was I some fond False plotter, that I schemed to win through her Thy castle''s heirdom?
8418Was he naught, then, to you, That ye cast him away, The stainless and true, From the old happy places?
8418Was it Thy will to make Man, why his birth Through Love and Woman?
8418Was that poor flesh so passing fair, beyond All woman''s loveliness?
8418Was there some other man, whose wife He had like mine denied, that sought his life?
8418What am I carrying here?
8418What call ye these?
8418What could I but despair?
8418What dost thou bid me seek for there?
8418What doth silence know Of skill to stem the bitter flood of woe?
8418What else is Wisdom?
8418What else is Wisdom?
8418What end comes to thy daring and thy crime?
8418What flesh bare this child?
8418What garb wilt thou bestow About me?
8418What help, O ye who love me, can come near, What god or man appear, To aid a thing so evil and so lost?
8418What is it with her?
8418What is this death- fraught mystery?
8418What joy hath her bridal brought her?
8418What malign Swift stroke, O heart discounselled, leapt on thee?
8418What man''s son?
8418What oaths, what subtle words, shall stronger be Than this dead hand, to clear the guilt from thee?
8418What of man''s endeavour Or God''s high grace so lovely and so great?
8418What of man''s endeavour Or God''s high grace, so lovely and so great?
8418What ominous cry half- heard Hath leapt upon thine heart?
8418What shelter now is left or guard?
8418What sought he?
8418What spell to loose the iron knot of fate?
8418What was it?
8418What will she say?
8418What wouldst thou?
8418What wouldst thou?
8418What, will ye speak?
8418What?
8418What?
8418What?
8418When will this breathing end in that last deep Pain that is painlessness?
8418Whence have ye brought him?
8418Where is he?
8418Where then shall I stand, where tread The dance and toss this bowed and hoary head?
8418Wherefore did she die?
8418Who espies us?
8418Who freed thee from the snare?
8418Who stints thine honour, or with malice stirs Thine heart?
8418Why do we let their handmaids pass the gate?
8418Why should we tarry?
8418Why was thine hand so strong, thine heart so bold?
8418Why?
8418Will no one bring me a swift blade?
8418Wilt thou slay thy kin?
8418Wore he the woman''s weed?
8418Wottest thou three prayers were thine Of sure fulfilment, from thy Sire divine?
8418Yea, the Death that came Ablaze from heaven of old, the same Hot splendour of the shaft of God?
8418Yon sun shines twofold in the sky, Thebes twofold and the Wall of Seven Gates.... And is it a Wild Bull this, that walks and waits Before me?
8418[ PENTHEUS_ has started as though to seek his army at the gate._] PENTHEUS Aye, if I obey Mine own slaves''will; how else?
8418[_ At these words PHAEDRA gradually recovers herself and pays attention._] PHAEDRA What have I said?
8418[_ Fire leaps upon the Tomb of Semelê._] A MAIDEN Ah, saw ye, marked ye there the flame From Semelê''s enhallowed sod Awakened?
8418[_ She throws herself on the ground close to the statue._] CHORUS_ Some Women_ O Women, have ye heard?
8418_ A Maiden_ Oh, where art thou?
8418_ All_ Still my prayer toward thee quivers, Dircê, still to thee I hie me; Why, O Blessed among Rivers, Wilt thou fly me and deny me?
8418_ Another_ Who lingers in the road?
8418_ Divers Maidens_ Where is the Home for me?
8418_ Others_ How wilt thou bear thee through this livelong day, Lost, and thine evil naked to the light?
8418_ Others_ Nay, is it sin that upon thee lies, Sin of forgotten sacrifice, In thine own Dictynna''s sea- wild eyes?
8418_ Some Women_ Is this some Spirit, O child of man?
8418_ Women_ What wilt thou grant me, O God?
8418what is coming?
8418what wilt thou say, Child?
8418whom shall I call of mortal men Happy?
8418with women worshipping?
8418wouldst thou shame the house where thou wast born?
35377And can I assist your Majesty in obtaining it?
35377And can not you rest the sky upon a mountain?
35377And do you know,asked the damsel who had first spoken,"that a terrible dragon, with a hundred heads, keeps watch under the golden apple- tree?"
35377And have you never seen him, my fair maiden?
35377And how big was the box?
35377And how broad, I wonder, were the shoulders of Hercules?
35377And how dare you make this disturbance, while I am sacrificing a black bull to my father Neptune?
35377And how happens that? 35377 And how long a time,"asked the hero,"will it take you to get the golden apples?"
35377And how soon shall I be strong enough?
35377And is he a live giant, or a brazen image?
35377And pray what would satisfy you?
35377And was she not his sister?
35377And what do you want in my dominions?
35377And what has become of the pitcher now?
35377And what in the world can be inside of it?
35377And what is there in this magnificent golden rose to make you cry?
35377And what of it?
35377And what say you, venerable sir?
35377And what would become of Ben and Bruin?
35377And where did it come from?
35377And why not?
35377And will you carry me back when I have seen it?
35377And will you never regret the possession of it?
35377And will you stay with us,asked Epimetheus,"forever and ever?"
35377And would Tanglewood turn to smoke, as well as we?
35377And, besides, what would my dear mother do, if her beloved son were turned into a stone?
35377And, pray, who may the Old One be?
35377Are they as good as the first?
35377Are you awake, Prince Theseus?
35377Are you sure, beautiful Medea,asked Jason,"quite sure, that the unguent in the gold box will prove a remedy against those terrible burns?"
35377But can I do nothing to help them?
35377But how shall I ever find him?
35377But is not this enough? 35377 But what must I do,"asked Perseus,"when we meet them?"
35377But where can the monster be?
35377But who gave it to you?
35377But, can you show me the way to the garden of the Hesperides?
35377But,said Perseus,"why should I waste my time with these Three Gray Women?
35377Ca n''t I see into a thick bush as easily as yourself? 35377 Can you believe,"asked Eustace,"that there was once a winged horse?"
35377Can you tell me, pretty maidens,asked the stranger,"whether this is the right way to the garden of the Hesperides?"
35377Cousin Eustace,said Sweet Fern,"did the box hold all the trouble that has ever come into the world?"
35377Did there really come any words out of the hole?
35377Did you ever hear the like?
35377Did you see that flash of light?
35377Do n''t you think that I succeeded pretty well in catching that wonderful pony?
35377Do not you see you are lost, without me as your good angel? 35377 Do you call that a wonderful exploit?"
35377Do you not believe,said he, looking at the damsels with a smile,"that such a blow would have crushed one of the dragon''s hundred heads?"
35377Do you not know that this island is enchanted? 35377 Do you see it?"
35377Do you see? 35377 Do you, indeed, my dear child?"
35377Does it presume to be green, when I have bidden it be barren, until my daughter shall be restored to my arms?
35377Does the earth disobey me?
35377Does your Majesty see his confusion?
35377Dost thou bleed, my immortal horse?
35377Foolish woman,answered Ceres,"did you not promise to intrust this poor infant entirely to me?
35377Have they undergone a similar change, through the arts of this wicked Circe?
35377Have we not an author for our next neighbor?
35377Have you anything to tell me, little bird?
35377Have you brought me the head of Medusa with the snaky locks? 35377 Have you come so far to seek it,"exclaimed Medea,"and do you not recognize the meed of all your toils and perils, when it glitters before your eyes?
35377Have you forgotten what guards it?
35377Have you performed your promise?
35377How could it fail?
35377How will you prevent me,asked Hercules,"from going whither I please?"
35377How, then, can I tell you what is inside?
35377Is it a wholesome wine?
35377Is it much farther?
35377Is it not a very pleasant stream?
35377Is the sky very heavy?
35377Is there something alive in the box? 35377 Just take the sky upon your head one instant, will you?
35377Must we wait long for harvest- time?
35377My child,said she,"did you taste any food while you were in King Pluto''s palace?"
35377My dear Epimetheus,cried Pandora,"have you heard this little voice?"
35377My pretty bird,said Eurylochus,--for he was a wary person, and let no token of harm escape his notice,--"my pretty bird, who sent you hither?
35377O Primrose and Periwinkle, do you hear what he says?
35377O brindled cow,cried he, in a tone of despair,"do you never mean to stop?"
35377O daughter of the Talking Oak,cried he,"how shall we set to work to get our vessel into the water?"
35377O my dear son,cried King Ægeus,"why should you expose yourself to this horrible fate?
35377Oh, my sweet violets, shall I never see you again?
35377Oh, what shall we do, sisters? 35377 Oh, where is my dear child?"
35377On what errand?
35377Pandora, what are you thinking of?
35377Perseus,said the voice,"why are you sad?"
35377Pray what is the matter with you, this bright morning?
35377Pray, my good host, whence did you gather them?
35377Pray, my young friend,said he, as they grew familiar together,"what may I call your name?"
35377Pray, nurse,the queen kept saying,"how is it that you make the child thrive so?"
35377Pray, what do you want with me?
35377Pray, who are you, beautiful creature?
35377Quicksilver? 35377 Sacred oracle of Delphi,"said he,"whither shall I go next in quest of my dear sister Europa?"
35377See if you can lift this rock on which we are sitting?
35377Shall I lift the lid again?
35377Shall we not meet her soon?
35377So you have got the golden apples?
35377Tell me,cried he, before the Old One was well awake,"which is the way to the garden of the Hesperides?"
35377That little bird, which met me at the edge of the cliff,exclaimed Ulysses;"was he a human being once?"
35377The Golden Touch,asked the stranger,"or your own little Marygold, warm, soft, and loving as she was an hour ago?"
35377The Golden Touch,continued the stranger,"or a crust of bread?"
35377Then you are not satisfied?
35377Was it the girdle of Venus,inquired the prettiest of the damsels,"which makes women beautiful?"
35377Well, and what of that?
35377Well, but, dear mother,asked the boy,"why can not I go to this famous city of Athens, and tell King Ægeus that I am his son?"
35377Well, friend Midas,said the stranger,"pray how do you succeed with the Golden Touch?"
35377What can it be?
35377What can that be?
35377What could induce me?
35377What do you want there?
35377What does this mean?
35377What hast thou to do with an affair like this? 35377 What in the world do you want here?
35377What in the world, my little fellow,ejaculated Hercules,"may you be?"
35377What is it?
35377What is the matter, Jason?
35377What is the matter, father?
35377What is there to gratify her heart? 35377 What is this wonder?"
35377What kind of a monster may that be? 35377 What mean you, little bird?"
35377What says King Æetes, my royal and upright father?
35377What shall I do,said he,"in order to win the Golden Fleece?"
35377What shall I do?
35377What sort of a staff had he?
35377What will Epimetheus say? 35377 What''s all this?"
35377What''s your name? 35377 What, then, shall I do?"
35377What,said Hecate,"the young man that always sits in the sunshine?
35377Whence can the box have come?
35377Whence come you, strangers?
35377Where are you, Perseus?
35377Where are your two- and- twenty comrades?
35377Where is Proserpina?
35377Where is my child? 35377 Where is she?"
35377Where was the sound, and which way did it seem to go?
35377Where?
35377Which shall I strike at?
35377Whither are you going in such a hurry, wise Ulysses?
35377Whither are you going, Jason?
35377Who are you, I say?
35377Who are you, down at my feet there? 35377 Who are you, inside of this naughty box?"
35377Who are you?
35377Who are you?
35377Who are you?
35377Whose garment is this,inquired Perseus,"that keeps rustling close beside me in the breeze?"
35377Why do you come alone?
35377Why do you squeeze me so hard? 35377 Why should you be so frightened, my pretty child?"
35377Will he give you the Golden Fleece, without any further risk or trouble?
35377Will not you stay a moment,asked Phoebus,"and hear me turn the pretty and touching story of Proserpina into extemporary verses?"
35377Will the dog bite me?
35377Will you be kind enough to tell me whether the fountain has any name?
35377Will you trust the child entirely to me?
35377Wretch,cried Circe, giving him a smart stroke with her wand,"how dare you keep your human shape a moment longer?
35377You silly children, what do you want of more snow?
35377Young man,asked he, with his stern voice,"are you not appalled at the certainty of being devoured by this terrible Minotaur?"
35377Your sister?
35377Alas, what had he done?
35377And almost the first question which she put to him, after crossing the threshold, was this,--"Epimetheus, what have you in that box?"
35377And do n''t you see how careful we are to let the surf wave break over us every moment or two, so as to keep ourselves comfortably moist?
35377And how can I possibly tie it up again?"
35377And how long was his little finger?"
35377And now, my little auditors, shall I tell you something that will make you open your eyes very wide?
35377And pray, adventurous traveller, what do you want there?"
35377And this, then, is Pirene?
35377And was Cousin Eustace with the party?
35377And what could that favor be, unless to multiply his heaps of treasure?
35377And what do you think the snowy bull did next?
35377And what else did Bellerophon behold there?
35377And what is the message which you bring?"
35377And what was to be done?
35377And whence could this bull have come?
35377And whence do you come, in that little cup?"
35377And who are you?"
35377And your companion there?
35377And, as your next effort, what if you should try your hand on some one of the legends of Apollo?"
35377And, indeed, why not?
35377And, on that island, what do you think he saw?
35377And, truly, my dear little folks, did you ever hear of such a pitiable case in all your lives?
35377Are not these gems, which I have ordered to be dug for you, and which are richer than any in my crown,--are they not prettier than a violet?"
35377Are there no better walkers than yourself in the island of Seriphus?"
35377Are you an enchantress?"
35377Are you not terribly hungry?
35377But are you quite sure that this will satisfy you?"
35377But how can you help me to do the things of which you speak?
35377But was it really and truly an old man?
35377But, a little farther on, what should she behold?
35377But, by the by, have you added any more legends to the series, since the publication of the Wonder Book?"
35377But, in the first place, do any of you know what a Gorgon is?"
35377But, pray, have you lost a horse?
35377But, to test how much you have profited under so excellent a teacher, will you allow me to ask you a single question?"
35377Can not I carry the golden apples to the king, your cousin, much quicker than you could?
35377Can you guess who I am?
35377Can you tell me what has become of my dear child Proserpina?"
35377Could he drag the plough so well, think you?
35377Could you help smiling, Prince Jason, to see the self- conceit of that last fellow, just as he tumbled down?"
35377Dear Bellerophon, do you not see that it is no bird?
35377Did the roots extend down into some enchanted cavern?
35377Do n''t you pity me, Primrose?"
35377Do n''t you see me?"
35377Do n''t you think her the exact picture of yourself?
35377Do you imagine that earthly children are to become immortal without being tempered to it in the fiercest heat of the fire?
35377Do you know whether the winged horse Pegasus still haunts the Fountain of Pirene, as he used to do in your forefathers''days?"
35377Do you perceive no nice workmanship in that?
35377Do you see that tall gateway before us?
35377Do you see this splendid crown upon my head?
35377Do you think that you should be less curious than Pandora?
35377Do you think you could tell us another as good?"
35377Do you, then, love this king, your cousin, so very much?"
35377Dost thou not tremble, wicked king, to turn thine eyes inward on thine own heart?
35377Has he as strange a one?"
35377Have I not faithfully kept my promise with you?
35377Have you burnt your mouth?"
35377Have you never made the sunshine dance into dark corners, by reflecting it from a bit of looking- glass?
35377Have you not everything that your heart desired?"
35377How are you, my good fellow?"
35377How could a helmet make him invisible, unless it were big enough for him to hide under it?
35377How many days, think you, would he survive a continuance of this rich fare?
35377How shall I make him believe that I have not looked into the box?"
35377How was the blessed sunshine to be thrown into them?
35377How were they to be purified?
35377If I should lose you, too, as well as my little Europa, what would become of me?"
35377If any such misfortune were to happen, how could he ever get rid of the sky?
35377If you were left alone with the box, might you not feel a little tempted to lift the lid?
35377In those days, spectacles for common people had not been invented, but were already worn by kings; else, how could Midas have had any?
35377Instead of his ordinary milk diet, did he not eat up two of our comrades for his supper, and a couple more for breakfast, and two at his supper again?
35377Is it because I too am a king, that you desire so earnestly to speak with me?
35377Is it not possible, at the risk of one''s life, to slay him?"
35377Is there nothing which I can get you to eat?"
35377May I not run down to the shore, and ask some of the sea- nymphs to come up out of the waves and play with me?"
35377Now, who do you imagine these two voyagers turned out to be?
35377Of that you may be certain; else how could the book go on a step further?
35377Of what use would wings be to a horse?
35377Oh, what a good time was that to be alive in?
35377On which side of us does it lie?
35377Or could it be the beating of her heart?
35377Or is he afraid of wetting his fine golden- stringed sandals?
35377Or was it merely the singing in Pandora''s ears?
35377Pray, how big may your soul be?"
35377Pray, what may I call your name?
35377Pray, what would you advise me to do with him?"
35377Pray, why do you live in such a bad neighborhood?"
35377Proserpina, did you call her name?"
35377Quicksilver?"
35377Shall I never hear them again?
35377So you have made a discovery, since yesterday?"
35377THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER The Hill- Side_ Introductory to"The Miraculous Pitcher"_ And when, and where, do you think we find the children next?
35377Tanglewood Play- Room_ After the Story_"Primrose,"asked Eustace, pinching her ear,"how do you like my little Pandora?
35377Tanglewood Porch_ After the Story_"Was not that a very fine story?"
35377Tell me, for pity''s sake, have you seen my poor child Proserpina pass by the mouth of your cavern?"
35377Tell me, now, do you sincerely desire to rid yourself of this Golden Touch?"
35377Tell me, you naughty sea- nymphs, have you enticed her under the sea?"
35377The Hill- Side_ After the Story_"How much did the pitcher hold?"
35377The Three Golden Apples Did you ever hear of the golden apples, that grew in the garden of the Hesperides?
35377The ancient poets remodelled them at pleasure, and held them plastic in their hands; and why should they not be plastic in my hands as well?"
35377The gentle and innocent creature( for who could possibly doubt that he was so?)
35377This showed some intelligence in the oak; else how should it have known that any such person existed?
35377Was Theseus afraid?
35377Were we to drown the world with them, could the world blame us?
35377What are all the splendors you speak of, without affection?
35377What are kings made for, save to succor the feeble and distressed?
35377What can I do with him?"
35377What can have been the matter with them?"
35377What can we do to drive them away?"
35377What could it be, indeed?
35377What do you think has happened?
35377What do you think of this, my brave Jason?"
35377What does he mean to do?
35377What harm can the lady of the palace and her maidens do to mariners and warriors like us?"
35377What harm can there be in opening the box?
35377What if you should take my burden on your shoulders, while I do your errand for you?"
35377What in the world could we do without her?
35377What mortal, even if he possessed a hundred lives, could hope to escape the fangs of such a monster?
35377What say you, Sweet Fern, Dandelion, Clover, Periwinkle?
35377What should it be but the most magnificent palace that had ever been seen in the world?
35377What sort of a contrivance may that be, I wonder?
35377What will the king say to the one- sandalled man?"
35377Whence has he come?
35377Where are you all?
35377Which of the three is Medusa?"
35377Which of these two things do you think is really worth the most,--the gift of the Golden Touch, or one cup of clear cold water?"
35377Why did not I think of him before?
35377Why do you come hither?
35377Why, friend, are you in your senses?
35377Why, what could have become of the child?
35377Will not you like to ride a little way with me, in my beautiful chariot?"
35377Will you go with me, Phoebus, to demand my daughter of this wicked Pluto?"
35377Would any of you, after hearing this story, be so foolish as to desire the faculty of changing things to gold?"
35377Would he be less so by dinner- time?
35377Would it not be better to set out at once in search of the terrible Gorgons?"
35377Yet, what other loaf could it possibly be?
35377You have been gathering flowers?
35377Your mother, beholding you safe and sound, will shed tears of joy; and what can she do more, should you win ever so great a victory?
35377and where did you receive your education?"
35377asked Theseus,"if the labyrinth so bewilders me as you say it will?"
35377cried Perseus, to whom this seemed only a new difficulty in the path of his adventure;"pray who may the Three Gray Women be?
35377cried little Marygold, who was a very affectionate child,"pray what is the matter?
35377cried the student,"do you think I was there, to measure him with a yard- stick?
35377cried these kind- hearted old people,"what has become of our poor neighbors?"
35377do you smell the feast?
35377do you think me so?"
35377he cried;"how came you by it?"
35377if the fathers and mothers were so small, what must the children and babies have been?
35377must you go so soon?"
35377nor taste those nice little savory dishes which my dearest wife knew how to serve up?"
35377shouted Hercules, very wrathfully,"do you intend to make me bear this burden forever?"
35377sisters, what Nymphs does he mean?"
35377thought Cadmus;"or have I been dreaming all this while?"
35377was there ever such a gentle, sweet, pretty, and amiable creature as this bull, and ever such a nice playmate for a little girl?
35377what is the young man talking about?"
35377what shall we do?
35377why did n''t we go without our supper?"
35377why have you opened this wicked box?"
14484''Tis hard that I, far- toiling voyager, Crossed by some evil wind, Can not the haven find, Nor catch his form that flies me, where?
14484(_ to_ ANTIGONE) And thou,--no prating talk, but briefly tell, Knew''st thou our edict that forbade this thing?
14484--''Faithfulness to whom?''
14484... II 2 The cause then of my cry Was coming all too nigh:( Doth the clear nightingale lament for nought?)
144841 Where is he?
14484A shepherd wast thou, and a wandering hind?
14484A. Toil upon toil brings toil, And what save trouble have I?
14484Above there, or below?
14484Aias, dear brother, comfort of mine eye, Hast thou then done even as the rumour holds?
14484Aias, my lord, what act is in thy mind?
14484Alas, shalt thou be seen Graced with mine arms amongst Achaean men?
14484Alas, what shall I say to him?
14484Am I a fool, or do I truly hear Lament new- rising from our master''s home?
14484Am I again deceived?
14484Am I not vile?
14484Am I permitted?
14484Am I ruled by Thebes?
14484Am I the man to spurn at Heaven''s command?
14484Am I to speak?
14484Am I undone?
14484Among whom?
14484And Aias was thy foeman?
14484And I, Shall I bide here till thou com''st forth?
14484And Nestor, my old friend, good aged man, Is he yet living?
14484And are thine eyes 2 Sightless?
14484And art thou bent on truth in the reply?
14484And art thou not ashamed, acting alone?
14484And could a mother''s heart be steeled to this?
14484And did they certainly report him dead?
14484And did this prophet then profess his art?
14484And finds the sufferer now some pause of woe?
14484And hadst thou ever hoped the Gods would care For mine affliction, and restore my life?
14484And hadst thou there acquaintance of this man?
14484And hath Creon sent, Pitying my sorrows, mine own children to me Whom most I love?
14484And have they so determined on my life?
14484And have ye dared to give Mine arms to some man else, unknown to me?''
14484And how is he not here, if all be well?
14484And how was she detected, caught, and taken?
14484And in what modern writing is more of the wisdom of life condensed than in the History of Thucydides?
14484And is he now at hand within the house?
14484And is he still alive for me to see?
14484And is not lying shameful to thy soul?
14484And is there none to succour or prevent?
14484And is this in act?
14484And is this thine intent?
14484And know''st thou not whom thou behold''st in me, Young boy?
14484And may one touch and handle it, and gaze With reverence, as on a thing from Heaven?
14484And now The General''s proclamation of to- day-- Hast thou not heard?--Art thou so slow to hear When harm from foes threatens the souls we love?
14484And now This gory venom blackly spreading bane From Nessus''angry wound, must it not cause The death of Heracles?
14484And now why vaunt the deeds that won the day, When these dear maids will tell them in thine ear?
14484And shall not men be taught the temperate will?
14484And shar''st with her dominion of this realm?
14484And since the event how much of time hath flown?
14484And they, Thy brethren, what of them?
14484And thou, poor helpless crone, didst see this done?
14484And to what Power thus consecrate?
14484And was I then, By mine own edict branded thus, to look On Theban faces with unaltered eye?
14484And was there none, no fellow traveller, To see, and tell the tale, and help our search?
14484And were the eyes and spirit not distraught, When the tongue uttered this to ruin me?
14484And what desire or quest hath brought thee hither?
14484And what hast thou determined for her death?
14484And what hath brought thee, old Tirésias, now?
14484And what was Atreus, thine own father?
14484And when I have gotten this unpolluted draught?
14484And when leaf- shadowed Earth has drunk of this, What follows?
14484And when the father saw him, With loud and dreadful clamour bursting in He went to him and called him piteously:''What deed is this, unhappy youth?
14484And when they banished me, stood''st firm to shield me, What news, Ismene, bring''st thou to thy sire To day?
14484And where didst thou come near him and stand by?
14484And where didst thou inhabit with thy flock?
14484And where is he who rules this country, sirs?
14484And where is his poor body''s resting- place?
14484And where, then, is the promise thou hast given?
14484And wherefore hast thou darted forth?
14484And whither must we go?
14484And who That saw thee hurrying forth to certain death Would not bewail thee, brother?
14484And who is he that I should say him nay?
14484And who the slain?
14484And who will carry that?
14484And who will marry you?
14484And who would dare reject his proffered good?
14484And who, by Heaven, are they?
14484And wilt thou gather the appointed wood?
14484And wilt thou honour such a pestilent corse?
14484And wilt thou sever her from thine own son?
14484And wilt thou then Sail to befriend them, pressing me in aid?
14484And wouldst thou have us gentle to such friends?
14484And yet What am I asking?
14484Another gave me, then?
14484Antigone, child of the old blind sire, What land is here, what people?
14484Are my woes lessening?
14484Are none Mourning for loss of fathers but yourself?
14484Are they set forth To please the Atridae, Phoenix and the rest?
14484Are ye come to add Some monster evil to my mountainous woe?
14484Are ye the men to tell me where to find The mansion of the sovereign Oedipus?
14484Art not ashamed To look on him that sued to thee for shelter?
14484Art not more tender of the life thou hast?
14484Art silent?
14484Art thou Orestes?
14484Art thou he indeed, That didst preserve Orestes and myself From many sorrows?
14484Art thou he?
14484Art thou mad, unhappy one, to laugh Over thine own calamity and mine?
14484Art thou silent?
14484Art thou then so resolved, O brother mine?
14484Art thou to hear it?
14484Art thou to probe the seat of mine annoy?
14484Art thou, too, wroth with the all- pestilent sons Of Atreus?
14484As fearing what reverse Prophetically told?
14484At home, afield, or on some foreign soil?
14484Because you missed me?
14484Both may be equal yonder; who can tell?
14484But I fain would learn What wrong is that you speak of?
14484But I would first Learn from thee who of men hath sent thee forth?
14484But for our errand to- day Behoves thee, master, to say Where is the hearth of his home; Or where even now doth he roam?
14484But grant thy speech were sooth, and all were done In aid of Menelaüs; for this cause Hadst thou the right to slay him?
14484But have my miseries a measure?
14484But how Can this be lawful?
14484But how shall I find matters there within?
14484But how, if they should save thee afterward?
14484But how?
14484But now to hear of thee, who more distressed?
14484But of mortals here That soothsayers are more inspired than I What certain proof is given?
14484But resolve me this: Hast dyed thy falchion deep in Argive blood?
14484But tell Where is the pain- worn wight himself abroad?
14484But tell me first what height Had Laius, and what grace of manly prime?
14484But tell me what request Or what intelligence thou bring''st with thee?
14484But the tale?
14484But they, where are they?
14484But what can I herein Avail to do or undo?
14484But what more fatal than the lapse of rule?
14484But when we ask,''Righteousness in what relation?''
14484But where did Laius meet this violent end?
14484But where is Aias to receive my word?
14484But where is Teucer?
14484But wherefore ask?
14484But wherefore on the flock this violent raid?
14484But who can hide evil that courts the day?
14484But who could bear to see thee in this mind?
14484But who that hears the deep oracular sound Of his dark words, will dare to follow thee?
14484But who that is a woman could endure To dwell with her, both married to one man?
14484But why come hither?
14484But why desire it so?
14484But why renew thy rage?
14484But why these words?
14484But, I may presume, Ye held an inquisition for the dead?
14484By heaven I pray thee, did my father do this thing, Or was''t my mother?
14484By illness coming o''er him, or by guile?
14484By what certain sign?
14484By whom?
14484Came he near them?
14484Came this device from Creon or thyself?
14484Can aught be still more hateful to be seen?
14484Can he be brought again immediately?
14484Can hour outlasting hour make less or more Of death?
14484Can it be poor Electra?
14484Can it be so, my son, that thou art brought By mad distemperature against thy sire, On hearing of the irrevocable doom Passed on thy promised bride?
14484Can it be well To pour forgetfulness upon the dead?
14484Can it be, the offence of my disease Hath moved thee not to take me now on board?
14484Can the eye so far deceive?
14484Can this be famed Electra I behold?
14484Can this be possible?
14484Can this be truth I utter?
14484Can ye behold this done And tamely hide your all- avenging fire?
14484Can you describe him?
14484Canst thou not Hear, and refuse to do what thou mislikest?
14484Canst thou not be still?
14484Child, art thou here?
14484Child, hast thou heard what holy oracles He left with me, touching that very land?
14484Child, what shall I do?
14484Child, wherefore art thou come?
14484Clear of this mischief, mean''st thou?
14484Come, tell it o''er again,--said you ye brought My brother bound to aid you with his power?
14484Corinthian friend, I first appeal to you: Was''t he you spake of?
14484Could human thought have prophesied My name would thus give echo to mine ill?
14484Could this be ventured by a woman''s hand?
14484Dark instrument Of ever- hateful guile!--What hast thou done?
14484Dates his valour from to day?
14484Daughter Antigone, what is it?
14484Daughter, what is coming?
14484Daughter, what must I think, or do?
14484Daunted by what fear Stayed ye me sacrificing to the God[2] Who guards this deme Colonos?
14484Dead, or at rest in sleep?
14484Dear friends, kind women of true Argive breed, Say, who can timely counsel give Or word of comfort suited to my need?
14484Dear friends, what will ye do?
14484Dear is that shore to me, dear is thy father O ancient Lycomedes''foster- child, Whence cam''st thou hither?
14484Dear lady, by the Gods, Who is the stranger?
14484Dear only saviour of our father''s house, How earnest thou hither?
14484Dear son, whose voice disturbs us?
14484Derived from Labdacus?
14484Did I not tell thee so, long since?
14484Did I not tell you this would come?
14484Did fear of this make thee so long an exile?
14484Did my sons hear?
14484Did she give it thee?
14484Did ye not hear it, friends?
14484Did you not on oath Proclaim your captive for your master''s bride?
14484Did you not say That she, on whom you look with ignorant eye, Was Iolè, the daughter of the King, Committed to your charge?
14484Didst thou, then, recklessly aspire To brave kings''laws, and now art brought In madness of transgression caught?
14484Do I hear Odysseus?
14484Do I see thee with the marvellous bow?
14484Do I talk idly, or is this the truth?
14484Dost hear, Woe- burdened wanderer?
14484Dost not perceive?
14484Dost thou confess to have done this, or deny it?
14484Dost thou find no comfort in my news?
14484Dost thou inquire of him?
14484Dost thou see?
14484Doth he yet live?
14484Doth the mind smart withal, or only the ear?
14484Doth this delight them, or how went the talk?
14484Doth this not argue an insensate sire?
14484Ended he with peace divine?
14484Even here?
14484Farther?
14484Fate- wearied Oedipus?
14484Fate-- not thou-- hath sent My sire and mother to the home of death What wealth have I to comfort me for thee?
14484Fear''st thou not the Achaeans in this act?
14484Feel you not the justice of my speech?
14484Find ye no merit there?
14484First consider one thing well: Who would choose rule accompanied with fear Before safe slumbers with an equal sway?
14484First of thy brother I beseech thee tell, How deem''st thou?
14484Following what service?
14484For if at home I foster rebels, how much more abroad?
14484For some one,--but first tell me, whispering low Whate''er thou speakest,--who is this I see?
14484For tell me, or be patient till I show, What should I gain by ceasing this my moan?
14484For what end, daughter?
14484For what transgression of Heaven''s ordinance?
14484For when the eyes have looked their last How should sore labour vex again?
14484For wherefore should the Centaur, for what end, Show kindness to the cause for whom he died?
14484For whither wandering shall we find Hard livelihood, by land or over sea?
14484For who Can make the accomplished fact as things undone?
14484For whom could he himself be sailing forth?
14484For whom to spend those gifts?
14484Friendly, to hand me over to my foes?
14484From both?
14484From what didst thou release me or relieve?
14484From whom hast thou heard this?
14484Gain for the sons of Atreus, or for me?
14484Gave you this man the child of whom he asks you?
14484Had he scant following, or, as princes use, Full numbers of a well- appointed train?
14484Had he some cause for fear?
14484Had not he, Menelaüs, children twain, begotten of her Whom to reclaim that army sailed to Troy?
14484Hadst thou a share in that adventurous toil?
14484Hadst thou the face To bring thy boldness near my palace- roof, Proved as thou art to have contrived my death And laid thy robber hands upon my state?
14484Hast caught my drift?
14484Hast not even heard my name, Nor echoing rumour of my ruinous woe?
14484Hast thou come, daughter?
14484Hast thou had dealings with him?
14484Hast thou let him go?
14484Hast thou my child?
14484Hast thou my sister for thine honoured queen?
14484Hast thou thy wits, and knowest thou what thou sayest?
14484Hath Phoebus so pronounced my destiny?
14484Hath Trachis a magician of such might?
14484Hath he borne that?
14484Hath it not before oppressed thee?
14484Hath mortal head Conceived a wickedness so bold?
14484Hath thy trouble come?
14484Have Atreus''sons felt thy victorious might?
14484Have I not set my foot as firm and far?
14484Have my arms caught thee?
14484Have none of her companions breathed her name?
14484Have they a lord, or sways the people''s voice?
14484Have they given thee cause to grieve?
14484Have we not Teucer, Skilled in this mystery?
14484Have you no shame, to stir up private broils In such a time as this?
14484Hear ye his words?
14484Hear ye not Aias there, How sharp the cry that shrills from him?
14484Here, or there?
14484His loves ere now Were they not manifold?
14484His own, or Creon''s?
14484Hold fast continually, for who hath seen Zeus so forgetful of his own?
14484Hold, till thou first hast made me clearly know, Is Peleus''offspring dead?
14484How came it, when the minstrel- hound was here, This folk had no deliverance through thy word?
14484How came she in thy charge?
14484How can I do it, when my mother''s death And thy sad state sprang solely from this girl?
14484How can I gainsay what I see?
14484How can I prove a rebel to his mind Who thus exhorts me with affectionate heart?
14484How can he bear it still?
14484How can he range, Whose limb drags heavy with an ancient harm?
14484How can his providence forsake his son?
14484How can it heal to burn thee on the pyre?
14484How can my father be no more to me Than who is nothing?
14484How can one like me Desire of thee to touch an outlawed man, On whose dark life all stains of sin and woe Are fixed indelibly?
14484How canst thou clear that sin?
14484How caused?
14484How could he live, whose life was thus consumed with moan?
14484How could her single thought Contrive the accomplishment of death on death?
14484How could that furrowing of thy father''s field Year after year continue unrevealed?
14484How couldst thou bear Thus to put out thine eyes?
14484How didst thou set forth?
14484How do I know this?
14484How dost thou know it?
14484How durst thou then transgress the published law?
14484How else, when neither war, nor the wide sea Encountered him, but viewless realms enwrapt him, Wafted away to some mysterious doom?
14484How else, when the end Of stormy sickness brings no cheering ray?
14484How first began the assault of misery?
14484How groundless, if I am my parents''child?
14484How if a princess, offspring of their King?
14484How if thy thought be vain?
14484How is it with you, brother?
14484How mean''st thou by that word?
14484How mean''st thou?
14484How must one look in speaking such a word?
14484How now, my son?
14484How righteous, to release what thou hast ta''en By my device?
14484How say you?
14484How say you?
14484How say you?
14484How say''st thou?
14484How shall I dare to front my father''s eye?
14484How shall I speak the dreadful word?
14484How shall ye live when ye have heard?
14484How should I know him whom I ne''er Set eye on?
14484How should I leave this substance for that show?
14484How should this pain me, in pretence being dead, Really to save myself and win renown?
14484How should this plead for pardon?
14484How so?
14484How so?
14484How then can I desire to be a king, When masterdom is mine without annoy?
14484How then should he escape me?
14484How then should they require thee to go near, And yet dwell separate?
14484How then?
14484How to shield me, how to aid me?
14484How was it?
14484How was that?
14484How wert thou so long deceived?
14484How will he once endure to look on me, Denuded of the prize of high renown, Whose coronal stood sparkling on his brow?
14484How with the wise wilt thou care?
14484How, dear youth?
14484How, if his eyes be not transformed or lost?
14484How, stranger?
14484How, then, friends, Can I be moderate, or feel the touch Of holy resignation?
14484How, then?
14484How, when the powers of will and thought are past, Should life be any more enthralled to pain?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484How?
14484I 1 When shall arise our exile''s latest sun?
14484I bid thee show, What journey is Alcmena''s child pursuing?
14484I broke in with my word:''Aias, what now?
14484I call thee daily-- wilt thou never come?
14484I may not look on high, Nor to the tribe of momentary men.-- Oh, whither, then, Should it avail to fly?
14484I pray thee, speak''st thou thus to anger me?
14484I, who in this thy coming have beheld Thee dead and living?
14484II 1 Who more acquainted with fierce misery, Assaulted by disasters manifest, Than thou in this thy day of agony?
14484III 2 Doth not thy sense enlighten thee to see How recklessly Even now thou winnest undeservèd woe?
14484If choice were given you, would you rather choose Hurting your friends, yourself to feel delight, Or share with them in one commingled pain?
14484If honour to such lives be given, What needs our choir to hymn the power of Heaven?
14484If this you do Be noble, why must darkness hide the deed?
14484If thou fearest, Thou hast no cause-- for doubtfulness is pain, But to know all, what harm?
14484If thou wert gone, what were my life to me?
14484Ill boding harbinger of woe, what word Have thy lips uttered?
14484In Greece, or in some barbarous country?
14484In vain?
14484Insolent, art thou here?
14484Into what region are these wavering sounds Wafted on aimless wings?
14484Is all forlorn?
14484Is ancient Polybus not still in power?
14484Is death thy destination for them both?
14484Is he drawing nigh?
14484Is he gone?
14484Is he living, dost thou know?
14484Is he too departed?
14484Is it by chance, or heard she of her son?
14484Is it she or no?
14484Is it some lightning- bolt new- fallen from Zeus, Or cloud- born hail that is come rattling down?
14484Is it thy choice now to go home with me?
14484Is it thy voice?
14484Is it true?
14484Is it well?
14484Is my prayer heard?
14484Is not the city in the sovereign''s hand?
14484Is not this terrible, Laërtes''son Should ever think to bring me with soft words And show me from his deck to all their host?
14484Is not this violence?
14484Is pain upon thee?
14484Is that thy thought?
14484Is that your counsel?
14484Is that, now, clearly spoken, or no?
14484Is the King coming?
14484Is there no help but this abode must see The past and future ills of Pelops''race?
14484Is there none to strike me With doubly sharpened blade a mortal blow?
14484Is there something more?
14484Is''t not Orestes''body that I bear?
14484Is''t not a silly scheme, To think to compass without troops of friends Power, that is only won by wealth and men?
14484Is''t not proved?
14484Is''t possible that thou shouldst grieve for me?
14484Is''t possible we have some kinsman here?
14484Is''t possible?
14484Jocasta, my dear queen, why didst thou send To bring me hither from our palace- hall?
14484Just, that my murderer have a peaceful end?
14484Kind friend, first tell me what I first would know-- Shall I receive my Heracles alive?
14484Kind voice of Heaven, soft- breathing from the height I 1 Of Pytho''s opulent home to Thebè bright, What wilt thou bring to day?
14484Know I not things in Thebes Better than thou?
14484Know ye of one Begotten of Laius?
14484Know ye what thing ye ask?
14484Know''st not into whose hands thou gav''st me once?
14484Know''st thou not Thy silence argues thine accuser''s plea?
14484Know''st thou on what terms I yield it?
14484Know''st thou''tis of thy sovereign thou speak''st this?
14484Know''st thou, is this of whom he speaks the same?
14484LEADER OF CHORUS What portent from the Gods is here?
14484Lady, why tarriest thou I 2 To lead thy husband in?
14484Learn what?
14484Lest from your parents you receive a stain?
14484Lichas, tell, Who is the stranger- nymph?
14484Look, O my lord, to thy path, Either to go or to stay How is my thought to proceed?
14484Lords of Colonos, will ye suffer it?
14484Madly it sounds-- Or springs it of deep grief For proofs of madness harrowing to his eye?
14484Makes he towards us?
14484Mariners, Must ye, too, leave me thus disconsolate?
14484Mark ye the brave and bold, II 1 Whom none could turn of old, When once he set his face to the fierce fight?
14484May I know?
14484May I sit?
14484May I then speak true counsel to my friend, And pull with thee in policy as of yore?
14484May it be told, or must no stranger know?
14484May not men Repent and change?
14484May not persuasion fetch him?
14484May this clear evidence be mine to see?
14484May we not know the reasons of your will?
14484Me miserable, which way shall I turn, Which look upon?
14484Mean''st thou from those same urns whereof thou speakest?
14484Mean''st thou in this the fortune of thy sons Or mine?
14484Mean''st thou that prime misfortune of thy birth?
14484Mean''st thou this?
14484Mean''st thou to Troy, and to the hateful sons Of Atreus, me, with this distressful limb?
14484Meanwhile he needs some comfort and some guide, For such a load of misery who can bear?
14484Methinks thou knowest too, for thou hast seen, My kind reception of the stranger- maid?
14484Methought I heard thee say, King Laius Was at a cross- road overpowered and slain?
14484Mistress, wilt thou go yonder and make known, That certain Phocians on Aegisthus wait?
14484Most hostile to her of all souls that are?
14484Moved by an oracle, or from some vow?
14484Moves he?
14484Must I be taught impiety from thee?
14484Must I endure such words from him?
14484Must I lose thy voice?
14484Must I not even sacrifice in peace From your harsh clamour, when you''ve had your say?
14484Must I not fear my mother''s marriage- bed?
14484Must I still follow as thou thinkest good?
14484Must double vileness then be mine Both shameful silence and most shameful speech?
14484Must not the King be told of what will come?
14484Must the same syllables be thrice thrown forth?
14484Must we endure detraction from a slave?
14484My daughter, why these tears?
14484My daughters, Have ye both heard our friends who inhabit here?
14484My daughters, are ye there?
14484My heart hangs on thy word with trembling awe: What new giv''n law, Or what returning in Time''s circling round Wilt thou unfold?
14484My son, are ye now setting forth?
14484My son, what fairest gale hath wafted thee?
14484My son, what saidst thou?
14484Next inform us of Laërtes''son; How stands his fortune?
14484No more?
14484No more?
14484No right to mourn my brother who is gone?
14484Not dead?
14484Not know?
14484Not know?
14484Nought else beneath the roof?
14484Now if that stranger Had aught in common with king Laius, What wretch on earth was e''er so lost as I?
14484Now, canst thou tell me where we have set our feet?
14484Now, dost thou know on Oeta''s topmost height The crag of Zeus?
14484Now, what remains?
14484O Athens''sovereign lord, what hast thou said?
14484O Father, who are these?
14484O Lemnian earth and thou almighty flame, Hephaestos''workmanship, shall this be borne, That he by force must drag me from your care?
14484O charnel gulf I 2 Of death on death, not to be done away, Why harrowest thou my soul?
14484O my dread lord, therein do I offend?
14484O poor torn limb, what shall I do with thee Through all my days to be?
14484O shameful plea?
14484O ye his daughters, one with me in blood, Say, will not ye endeavour to unlock The stern lips of our unrelenting sire?
14484O, foot, torn helpless thing, What wilt thou do to me?
14484OLD M. Kind dames and damsels, may I clearly know If these be King Aegisthus''palace- halls?
14484OLD M. Lady, why hath my speech disheartened thee?
14484OLD M. May I guess further that in yonder dame I see his queen?
14484Odysseus''voice?
14484Oedipus, wherefore is Jocasta gone, Driven madly by wild grief?
14484Of Laius once the sovereign of this land?
14484Of what country or what race Shall I pronounce ye?
14484Of what wild enterprise?
14484Of whom?
14484Of whom?
14484Oh where?
14484Oh, am I thus dishonoured of the dead?
14484Oh, how shall we commend Such dealings, how defend them?
14484Oh, where, then, lies the stern Aias, of saddest name, whose purpose none might turn?
14484On whose behalf Slew he my child?
14484Only let me hear thy will, Is''t constant to remain here and endure, Or to make voyage with us?
14484Or beguiled she one sweet hour With Apollo in her bower, Who loves to trace the field untrod by man?
14484Or better, where he may himself be found?
14484Or did the Bacchic god, Who makes the top of Helicon to nod, Take thee for a foundling care From his playmates that are there?
14484Or doth some memory haunt you of the deeds I did before you, and went on to do Worse horrors here?
14484Or hath he left the palace?
14484Or how?
14484Or is my voice as vain Now, as you thought it when you planned this thing?
14484Or is the battle still to be?
14484Or is thy love Thy father''s, be his actions what they may?
14484Or peers Fate through the gloom?
14484Or shall kindness fade?
14484Or stood his valour unaccompanied In all this host?
14484Or terrible, but gainful?
14484Or was the God- abandoned father''s heart Tender toward them and cruel to my child?
14484Or was the ruler of Cyllene''s height The author of thy light?
14484Or where for fathers, than their children''s fame?
14484Or wouldst thou tempt me further?
14484Or, hast thou seen them honouring villany?
14484Our land''s chivalry Are valiant, valiant every warrior son Of Theseus.--On they run?
14484Own sister of my blood, one life with me, Ismenè, have the tidings caught thine ear?
14484Polybus in his grave?
14484Return?
14484Saidst thou a slaughtered queen in yonder hall Lay in her blood, crowning the pile of ruin?
14484Sailed he not forth of his own sovereign will?
14484Say then what cruel workman forged the gifts, But Fury this sharp sword, Hell that bright band?
14484Say then, shall Theban dust o''ershadow me?
14484Say what?
14484Say wherefore dost thou crave with such desire The clearness of an undistracted mind?
14484Say, can the mind be noble, where the stream Of gratitude is withered from the spring?
14484Say, dames and damsels, have we heard aright, And speed we to the goal of our desire?
14484Say, dost thou bear my bidding full in mind?
14484Say, for what cause, after so long a time, Can Atreus''sons have turned their thoughts on him, Whom long they had cast forth?
14484Say, for what end?
14484Say, hath not Heaven decreed to execute On thee and me, while yet we are alive, All the evil Oedipus bequeathed?
14484Say, is Aegisthus near while thus you speak?
14484Say, is it well?
14484Say, maidens, how must I proceed?
14484Say, must I tell it with these standing by, Or go within?
14484Say, must we call them back in presence here, Or would''st thou tell thy news to these and me?
14484Say, was she clasped by mountain roving Pan?
14484Seest thou not?
14484Shall I add more, to aggravate thy wrath?
14484Shall I go, then, and find out The name of the spot?
14484Shall I mourn Him first, or wait till I have heard thy tale?
14484Shall I raise the dead again to life?
14484Shall I raise thee on mine arm?
14484Shall I, across the Aegean sailing home, Leave these Atridae and their fleet forlorn?
14484Shall men have joy, And not remember?
14484Shall other men prescribe my government?
14484Shall our age, forsooth, Be taught discretion by a peevish boy?
14484Shall we not sail when this south- western wind Hath fallen, that now is adverse to our course?
14484Shall we stay, And list again the lamentable sound?
14484Single or child- bearing?
14484Slave- born, or rightly of the royal line?
14484Son of Menoeceus, brother of my queen, What answer from Apollo dost thou bring?
14484Sore?
14484Speak you plain sooth?
14484Speak, aged friend, whose look proclaims thee meet To be their spokesman-- What desire, what fear Hath brought you?
14484Speak, any one of you in presence here, Can you make known the swain he tells us of, In town or country having met with him?
14484Speaks he from hearsay, or as one who knows?
14484Stay; whither art bound?
14484Strange in the stranger land, I 1 What shall I speak?
14484Stranger, dost thou perceive?
14484Strive they?
14484Such, mother, is the crime thou hast devised And done against our sire, wherefore let Right And Vengeance punish thee!--May I pray so?
14484Sure thou wast not with us, when at first We launched our vessels on the Troyward way?
14484Tell me the great cause Why thou inveighest against them with such heat?
14484Tell me this; Didst thou, or not, urge me to send and bring The reverend- seeming prophet?
14484Tell me, I pray, what was become of him, Patroclus, whom thy father loved so well?
14484Tell me, my daughter, is the man away?
14484Tell me, what hope is mine of daily food, Who will be careful for my good?
14484Tell us, how ended she her life in blood?
14484That I may not escape thee?
14484That this is well?
14484The sacrificer stands prepared,--and when More keen?
14484The slayer, who?
14484Then am not I the spoiler, as ye said?
14484Then at that season did he mention me?
14484Then how could I endure the light of heaven?
14484Then how not others, like to me?
14484Then if the king shall hear this from another, How shalt thou''scape for''t?
14484Then is not laughter sweetest o''er a foe?
14484Then is the land inhabited of men?
14484Then seest thou not What meed of honour, if thou dost my will, Thou shalt apportion to thyself and me?
14484Then seest thou not how true unto their aim Our father''s prophecies of mutual death Against you both are sped?
14484Then shall I advance Before the Trojan battlements, and there In single conflict doing valiantly Last die upon their spears?
14484Then tell me, who is she thou brought''st with thee?
14484Then why doth he not come, but still delay?
14484Then you require this with an absolute will?
14484Then, am not I third- partner with you twain?
14484They force me?
14484Think you I will yield?
14484Think you he will consider the blind man, And come in person here to visit him?
14484Think you that you bear In those cold gifts atonement for her guilt?
14484Think you the wretch in heartfelt agony Weeps inconsolably her perished son?
14484Think you to triumph in offending still?
14484Think, O my lord, of thy path, Secretly look forth afar, What wilt thou do for thy need?
14484Thou art so resolved?
14484Thou bidst me then let bury this dead man?
14484Thou didst what deed that misbecame thy life?
14484Thou dost not mean thy gift to Heracles?
14484Thou hast full cognizance How things within the palace are preserved?
14484Thou knowest the captive maid thou leddest home?
14484Thou wilt not answer him about the child?
14484Through what dark traffic is the mariner Betraying me with whispering in thine ear?
14484Thy dwelling with us, then, is our great gain?
14484Thy father?
14484Thy mistress, sayest?
14484Thy mother''s bed, Say, didst thou fill?
14484Thy murderer?
14484Thy potent cause for spending so much breath?
14484Till what term wilt thou remain Inactive?
14484To ask simply, as Carlyle once did,''What did they think?''
14484To bring me back with reasons or perforce?
14484To bury him, when all have been forbidden?
14484To expire On sharp- cut dragging thongs,''Midst wildly trampling throngs Of swiftly racing hoofs, like him, Poor hapless one?
14484To her and me?
14484To him?
14484To lie?
14484To thrust me from the land?
14484To what end?
14484To what end?
14484To whom beyond thyself and me belongs Such consecration?
14484To whom more worthy should I tell my grief?
14484Treason or dulness then?
14484Unhappy man, will not even Time bring forth One spark of wisdom to redeem thine age?
14484Unhappy that ye are, why have ye reared Your wordy rancour''mid the city''s harms?
14484Unto what doom doth my Fate drive me now?
14484Vanished in ruin by a dire defeat?
14484Voices of prophecy, where are ye now?
14484Was Death then so enamoured of my seed, That he must feast thereon and let theirs live?
14484Was all that love unto a foundling shown?
14484Was it so dark?
14484Was not Aias he?
14484Was not Eteocles thy brother too?
14484Was not he the author of my life?
14484Was she unknown, as he that brought her sware?
14484Was this planned against the Argives, then?
14484Was''t for the Argive host?
14484Was''t then before that city he was kept Those endless ages of uncounted time?
14484Was''t your own, or from another''s hand?
14484Wast thou Laius''slave?
14484Well, and what follows to complete the rite?
14484Well, bring it forth.--What?
14484Well, dost remember having given me then A child, that I might nurture him for mine?
14484Well, for thy sake I''d grant a greater boon; Then why not this?
14484Well, have ye found?
14484Well, since''tis so, how can I help thee now?
14484Well, sirs?
14484Were they not there To take this journey for their father''s good?
14484What Power impelled thee?
14484What Theban gave it, from what home in Thebes?
14484What aid of God or mortal can I find?
14484What ails thee now?
14484What ails thee, Dêanira, Oeneus''child?
14484What are the appointed forms?
14484What are these tokens, aged monarch, say?
14484What are they?
14484What are thy purposes against me, Zeus?
14484What art thou doing, knave?
14484What augur ye from this?
14484What benefit Comes to thee from o''erturning thine own land?
14484What bid you then that I have power to do?
14484What blow is harder than to call me false?
14484What boon dost thou desire so earnestly?
14484What boon dost thou profess to have brought with thee?
14484What boon, my children, are ye bent to obtain?
14484What burden through the darkness fell Where still at eventide''twas well?
14484What call so nearly times with mine approach?
14484What can I do for thee now, even now?
14484What can have roused him to a work so wild?
14484What can it profit thee to vex me so?
14484What can life profit me without my sister?
14484What can there be that we have not on board?
14484What canst thou mean?
14484What canst thou mean?
14484What cares oppress thee?
14484What cause Having appeared, will bring this doom to pass?
14484What cause hast thou Thus to arrest my going?
14484What cause have they to laugh?
14484What chance shall win men''s marvel?
14484What change is here, my son?
14484What change will never- terminable Time Not heave to light, what hide not from the day?
14484What charge or occupation was thy care?
14484What charge then wouldst thou further lay on us?
14484What citizen or stranger told thee this?
14484What converse keeps thee now beyond the gates, Dear sister?
14484What could I see, whom hear With gladness, whom delight in any more?
14484What countryman, and wherefore suppliant there?
14484What countrymen?
14484What crave ye, sirs?
14484What dark speech Hast thou contrived?
14484What deed of his could harm thy sovereign head?
14484What destiny, dear girl, Awaits us both, bereaved and fatherless?
14484What do I hear?
14484What do I hear?
14484What do I hear?
14484What dost thou bid me do?
14484What dost thou bid me?
14484What dost thou forbid, old sir?
14484What dost thou mean?
14484What dost thou, stranger?
14484What dost thou?
14484What eager thought attends his presence here?
14484What else were natural?
14484What evil is not here?
14484What evil would thy words disclose?
14484What far land Holds me in pain that ceaseth not?
14484What fault is there in reverencing my power?
14484What fear you?
14484What fine advantage wouldst thou first achieve?
14484What followed?
14484What fool is he That counts one day, or two, or more to come?
14484What friend hath moved her?
14484What friend will carry thee?
14484What further use of thee, When we have ta''en these arms?
14484What fury of wild thought Came o''er thee?
14484What gain I through his coming back to Troy?
14484What good am I, thus lying at their gate?
14484What guile is here?
14484What hand to heal, what voice to charm, Can e''er dispel this hideous harm?
14484What harm can come of hearkening?
14484What hast thou done, that thou canst threaten thus?
14484What hast thou new to add?
14484What hath befallen, my daughter?
14484What hath he now?
14484What hath so suddenly arisen, that thus Thou mak''st ado and groanest o''er thyself?
14484What have I reaped hereof?
14484What help?
14484What hidden lore?
14484What hidden woe have I unwarily Taken beneath my roof?
14484What hide From a heart suspicious of ill?
14484What high law Ordaining?
14484What holy name will please them, if I pray?
14484What hope is yet Left standing?
14484What in her life should make your heart afraid?
14484What intelligence Intends he for our private conference, That he hath sent his herald to us all, Gathering the elders with a general call?
14484What is befallen?
14484What is he you mean?
14484What is hopeless?
14484What is it, O son of Aegeus?
14484What is it?
14484What is our cause for delay?
14484What is that thou fearest?
14484What is the fault, and how to be redressed?
14484What is the matter?
14484What is the present scene?
14484What is the race thou spurnest?
14484What is thine intent?
14484What is thy desire?
14484What is thy new intent?
14484What is wrongly done?
14484What is''t?
14484What joy have I in life when thou art gone?
14484What kept Odysseus back, if this be so, From going himself?
14484What know I?
14484What know I?
14484What knowest thou of our state?
14484What land of refuge?
14484What lasteth in the world?
14484What led your travelling footstep to that ground?
14484What lends him such assurance of defence?
14484What man hath been so daring in revolt?
14484What man of all the host hath caught thine eye?
14484What man than Aias was more provident, Or who for timeliest action more approved?
14484What man that lives hath more of happiness Than to seem blest, and, seeming, fade in night?
14484What matter who?
14484What mean''st thou, aged sir, by what thou sayest?
14484What mean''st thou, boy?
14484What mean''st thou?
14484What means he?
14484What means this prayer?
14484What means thy question?
14484What men are ye that to this desert shore, Harbourless, uninhabited, are come On shipboard?
14484What message have I sent beseeching, But baffled flies back idly home?
14484What message must I carry to my lord?
14484What mission sped thee forth?
14484What mission?
14484What more calamitous stroke of Destiny Awaits me still?
14484What more dost thou require of me?
14484What more of woe, Or what more woeful, sounds anew from thee?
14484What morn shall see thy face?
14484What must I do?
14484What must I do?
14484What must I do?
14484What must I do?
14484What must I do?
14484What must I think?
14484What native country, shall we learn, is thine?
14484What need hath brought thee to the shore?
14484What new affliction heaped on sovereignty Com''st thou to tell?
14484What new command are we to learn Crossing thy former mind?
14484What new plan is rising in thy mind?
14484What new thing is befallen?
14484What news can move us thus two ways at once?
14484What noise again is troubling my poor cave?
14484What now is thine intent?
14484What oracle hath been declared, my child?
14484What pain is there in hearing?
14484What pain o''ercomes thee?
14484What passing touch Of conscience moved them, or what stroke from Heaven, Whose wrath requites all wicked deeds of men?
14484What plea For my defence will hold?
14484What point is lacking for thine errand''s speed?
14484What power will give thee refuge for such guilt?
14484What profit lives in fame and fair renown By unsubstantial rumour idly spread?
14484What punishment Wilt thou accept, if thou art found to be Faithless to her?
14484What quarrel, sirs?
14484What rage, what madness, clutched The mischief- working brand?
14484What region holds him now,''Mong winding channels of the deep, Or Asian plains, or rugged Western steep?
14484What robber would have ventured such a deed, If unsolicited with bribes from hence?
14484What rumour?
14484What saith he, boy?
14484What saith he?
14484What saith the oracle?
14484What say''st thou, daughter?
14484What say''st?
14484What say''st?
14484What saying is this?
14484What seek ye more to know?
14484What shall I do?
14484What shall I do?
14484What shall I do?
14484What shall I do?
14484What shall I do?
14484What shall I say, what think, my father?
14484What shall I say?
14484What shall I speak, or which way turn The desperate word?
14484What shall we do, my lord?
14484What shall we do?
14484What should I utter, O my child?
14484What sight hath fired thee with this quenchless glow?
14484What sign dost thou perceive That proves thine end so near?
14484What sign hath so engrossed thine eye, poor girl?
14484What soil?
14484What sorrow beyond sorrows hath chief place?
14484What source Of bitterness''twixt us and Thebes can rise?
14484What sudden change is this?
14484What then Further engrosseth thee?
14484What then is thy command?
14484What then possessed thee to give up the child To this old man?
14484What then restrained his eager hand from murder?
14484What thing hath passed to make it known to thee?
14484What thought O''ermaster''d thee?
14484What thought of justice should be mine for her, Who at her age can so insult a mother?
14484What torment wilt thou wreak on him?
14484What troubles thee?
14484What urgent cause requires his presence?
14484What valour is''t to slay the slain?
14484What was her death, poor victim of dire woe?
14484What was that thing?
14484What was the fatal cause?
14484What was the man thou noisest here so proudly?
14484What was the sudden end?
14484What was thy fraud in fetching me this robe?''
14484What were they, mother, for I never knew?
14484What were they?
14484What were thy tidings?
14484What wickedness is this?
14484What wild aim Beckons thee forth in arming this design Whereto thou wouldst demand my ministry?
14484What will ye do, then?
14484What wilt thou do?
14484What wilt thou do?
14484What wilt thou make of me?
14484What wilt thou say?
14484What wilt thou?
14484What witness of such words will bear thee out?
14484What word hath passed thy lips?
14484What word is fallen from thee?
14484What word is spoken, mother?
14484What word of mine agreed not with the scene?
14484What words are these?
14484What words have passed?
14484What would you I should yield unto your prayer?
14484What would you then?
14484What wouldst thou ask me?
14484What wouldst thou do?
14484What wouldst thou do?
14484What wouldst thou have?
14484What wouldst thou when the camp is hushed in sleep?''
14484What wound Can be more deadly than a harmful friend?
14484What''s this but adding cowardice to evil?
14484What, stranger?
14484What, then, can be thy grief?
14484What, wilt thou threaten, too, thou audacious boy?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484What?
14484When comes the revelation of thine aid?
14484When death is certain, what do men in woe Gain from a little time?
14484When hath not goodness blessed the giver of good?
14484When majesty was fallen, what misery Could hinder you from searching out the truth?
14484When shall the tale of wandering years be done?
14484When shrunk to nothing, am I indeed a man?
14484Whence came the truth to thee?
14484Whence couldst thou hear of succour for my woes, That close in darkness without hope of dawn?
14484Whence learned he this?
14484Whence?
14484Whence?
14484Where Could there be found confession more depraved, Even though the cause were righteous?
14484Where again Shall gladness heal my pain?
14484Where am I?
14484Where am I?
14484Where and when?
14484Where are the proofs of thy prophetic power?
14484Where are the strangers then?
14484Where are those maidens and their escort?
14484Where are ye, O my children?
14484Where are ye, men, whom over Hellas wide This arm hath freed, and o''er the ocean- tide, And through rough brakes, from every monstrous thing?
14484Where are ye, where?
14484Where art thou to lift me and hold me aright?
14484Where art thou told his seat is fixed, my son?
14484Where art thou, O my child?
14484Where art thou?
14484Where can be found a richer ornament For children, than their father''s high renown?
14484Where did the force of woe O''erturn thy reason?
14484Where didst thou find her?
14484Where do ye behold The tyrant?
14484Where is he rumoured, then, alive or dead?
14484Where is that man?
14484Where is the King?
14484Where is thy fear of Heaven?
14484Where is thy voucher of command o''er him?
14484Where mean''st thou?
14484Where must I go?
14484Where must one look?
14484Where of thy right o''er those that followed him?
14484Where shall now be read The fading record of this ancient guilt?
14484Where shall we find refuge?
14484Where upon earth?
14484Where was the scene of this unhappy blow?
14484Where''s Teucer?
14484Where, amongst whom of mortals, can I go, That stood not near thee in thy troublous hour?
14484Where-- where art thou, boy?
14484Where?
14484Where?
14484Where?
14484Where?
14484Where?
14484Whereby then can it furnish joy?
14484Whereby?
14484Wherefore I bid thee declare, What must I do for thy need?
14484Wherefore again, when sorrow''s cruel storm Was just abating, break ye my repose?
14484Wherefore should I stint their flow?
14484Wherefore speak''st thou so?
14484Wherefore that shouting?
14484Wherefore, kind sir?
14484Wherefore, my father?
14484Wherefore?
14484Wherefore?
14484Wherefore?
14484Wherefore?
14484Wherefore?
14484Whereof?
14484Which of us twain, believ''st thou, in this talk Hath more profoundly sinned against thy peace?
14484Which of you know where are the Phocian men Who brought the news I hear, Orestes''life Hath suffered shipwreck in a chariot- race?
14484Which path have I not tried?
14484Which way?
14484Whither am I borne?
14484Whither am I fallen?
14484Whither now turns thy strain?
14484Whither shall I flee?
14484Whither?
14484Who are the men into whose midmost toils All hapless I am fallen?
14484Who art thou, of all damsels most distressed?
14484Who can be mild and gentle, when thou speakest Such words to mock this people?
14484Who can gain profit from the blind?
14484Who can he be that kneels for such a boon?
14484Who can win safety through such help as mine?
14484Who comes here?
14484Who cries there from the covert of the grove?
14484Who does not gain by death, That lives, as I do, amid boundless woe?
14484Who durst declare it[3], that Tirésias spake False prophecies, set on to this by me?
14484Who gave her birth?
14484Who gave me being?
14484Who hath cared for this?
14484Who hath given thine ear The word that so hath wrought on thy belief?
14484Who hath sent thee to our hall?
14484Who hath told That I have wrought a deed so full of woe?
14484Who in heaven Hath leapt against thy hapless life With boundings out of measure fierce and huge?
14484Who in such courses shall defend his soul From storms of thundrous wrath that o''er him roll?
14484Who is it?
14484Who is so fond, to be in love with death?
14484Who is that aged wight?
14484Who is the man, and what his errand here?
14484Who is the wrong- doer, say, and what the deed?
14484Who is this, brother?
14484Who is''t to whom thou speakest?
14484Who may avoid thee?
14484Who professes here to love him?
14484Who shall seize on me Without the will of my protectors here?
14484Who stayed that onset?
14484Who that had a noble heart And saw her father''s cause, as I have done, By day and night more outraged, could refrain?
14484Who then can have decked With all those ceremonies our father''s tomb?
14484Who then that plots against a life so strong Shall quit him of the danger without harm?
14484Who then will tell me, who?
14484Who thus can live on air, Tasting no gift of earth that breathing mortals share?
14484Who to- day Shall dole to Oedipus, the wandering exile, Their meagre gifts?
14484Who told thee this?
14484Who was he That brought you this dire message, O my queen?
14484Who was her sire?
14484Who was their sire?
14484Who was thy father''s father?
14484Who will not give Honour at festivals, and in the throng Of popular resort, to these in chief, For their high courage and their bold emprise?''
14484Who will not love the pair And do them reverence?
14484Who, dear sovereign, gave thee birth, 2 Of the long lived nymphs of earth?
14484Who, not possessed with furies, could choose this?
14484Whom but Odysseus canst thou mean by this?
14484Whom dost thou mean?
14484Whom fear you?
14484Whom hath the voice from Delphi''s rocky throne I 1 Loudly declared to have done Horror unnameable with murdering hand?
14484Whom have the Heavens so followed with their hate?
14484Whom?
14484Whose being overshadows thee with fear?
14484Whose hand employed he for the deed of blood?
14484Whose hands?
14484Whose murder doth Apollo thus reveal?
14484Whose power compels thee to this sufferance?
14484Whose skill save thine, Monarch Divine?
14484Whose will shall hinder me?
14484Why Not slay me then and there?
14484Why broods thy mind upon such thoughts, my king?
14484Why did I leave thy sacred dew And loose my vessels from thy shore, To join the hateful Danaän crew And lend them succour?
14484Why didst thou receive me?
14484Why do ye summon me?
14484Why dost thou bring a mind so full of gloom?
14484Why dost thou groan aloud, And cry to Heaven?
14484Why dost thou stand aghast, Voiceless, and thus astonied in thine air?
14484Why doubt it?
14484Why drive you me within?
14484Why fondle vainly the fair- sounding name Of mother, when her acts are all unmotherly?
14484Why hast thou robbed My bow of bringing down mine enemy?
14484Why hast thou set thy heart on unavailing grief?
14484Why must it keep This breathing form from sinking to the shades?
14484Why not destroy me out of hand?
14484Why not for my own line?
14484Why not have listened to Carlyle''s rough demand,''Tell us what they thought; none of your silly poetry''?
14484Why pay So scanty heed to her who fights for thee?
14484Why should I fear Thy frown?
14484Why should I fear, when I see certain gain?
14484Why should man fear, seeing his course is ruled By fortune, and he nothing can foreknow?
14484Why should''st thou demand?
14484Why silent?
14484Why so intent on this assurance, sire?
14484Why so strange?
14484Why so?
14484Why sounds again from hence your joint appeal, Wherein the stranger''s voice is loudly heard?
14484Why speak''st thou so?
14484Why starest thou at the sky?
14484Why steal''st thou forth in silence?
14484Why such a question?
14484Why then delay?
14484Why then did he declare me for his son?
14484Why this remonstrance?
14484Why through deceit?
14484Why thus delay our going?
14484Why thus uncalled for salliest thou?
14484Why vex thy heart with what is over and done?
14484Why was he dumb, your prophet, in that day?
14484Why will not men the like perfection prove?
14484Why wilt thou ruin me?
14484Why, hath not Creon, in the burial- rite, Of our two brethren honoured one, and wrought On one foul wrong?
14484Why, is not she so tainted?
14484Why?
14484Why?
14484Why?
14484Will Telamon, my sire and thine, receive me With radiant countenance and favouring brow Returning without thee?
14484Will he come, or still delay?
14484Will he find me alive, My daughters, and with reason undisturbed?
14484Will he ne''er Come from the chase, but leave me to my doom?
14484Will shame withhold her from the wildest deed?
14484Will some one go and bring the herdman hither?
14484Will some one of your people bring him hither?
14484Will ye forsake me?
14484Will ye not pity me?
14484Will ye then ask him for a wretch like me?
14484Will you be certified your fears are groundless?
14484Will you not drive the offender from your land?
14484Will you not hear me?
14484Wilt not speak?
14484Wilt them be counselled?
14484Wilt thou join hand with mine to lift the dead?
14484Wilt thou lay thy hold On me?
14484Wilt thou ne''er be ruled?
14484Wilt thou not answer, but with shame dismiss me Voiceless, nor make known wherefore thou art wroth?
14484Wilt thou not learn after so long to cease From vain indulgence of a bootless rage?
14484Wilt thou not listen?
14484Wilt thou not tell me why thou art hurrying This backward journey with reverted speed?
14484Wilt thou remain?
14484Wilt thou say He slew my daughter for his brother''s sake?
14484Wilt thou say Thus thou dost''venge thy daughter''s injury?
14484Wilt thou share The danger and the labour?
14484Wilt thou speak so?
14484Wilt thou still Speak all in riddles and dark sentences?
14484Wilt thou thus fight against me on his side?
14484Wilt thou yet hold That silent, hard, impenetrable mien?
14484Wilt thou, too, vanish?
14484With leaves or flocks of wool, or in what way?
14484With what commission?
14484With what contents Must this be filled?
14484With whom could I exchange a word?
14484Won he to his goal?
14484Wouldst thou aught more of me than merely death?
14484Wouldst thou have all the speaking on thy side?
14484Wretched one, is she dead?
14484Yet more?
14484Yet tell me, doth he live, Old sir?
14484Yet where could I have found a fairer fame Than giving burial to my own true brother?
14484You did not find me?
14484You think me likely to seek gain from you?
14484Your purchase, or your child?
14484[_ Pointing to his eyes_ For why should I have sight, To whom nought now gave pleasure through the eye?
14484_''A wounded spirit who can bear?
14484against the word of Creon?
14484am I not now Lame and of evil smell?
14484and am I labouring to an end?
14484and must I be debarred thy fate?
14484and what means his word?
14484and where, oh where On Trojan earth, tell me, is this man''s child?
14484and why not Hyllus first, Whom most it would beseem to show regard For tidings of his father''s happiness?
14484and will you not be counselled?
14484are you alone in grief?
14484art thou hopeful from the fear I spake of?
14484brother, who, when thou art come, Could find it meet to exchange Language for silence, as thou bidst me do?
14484but how shall I escape Achaean anger?
14484by main force, or by degrading shames?
14484can check thy might?
14484can it be that you are come to bring Clear proofs of the sad rumour we have heard?
14484from this discoloured blade, Thy self- shown slayer?
14484has that rascal knave Sworn to fetch me with reasons to their camp?
14484how can I look to Heaven?
14484how shall ye vaunt Before the gods drink- offering or the fat Of victims, if I sail among your crew?
14484is there none so bold?
14484is this he, whom I, of all the band, Found singly faithful in our father''s death?
14484know you not your speech offends even now?
14484know''st thou not that Heaven Hath ceased to be my debtor from to- day?
14484knowest thou not Thou hast been taking living men for dead?
14484must I give way?
14484no provision for a dwelling- place?
14484on whom Call to befriend me?
14484or do thine accents idly fall?
14484or for what?
14484or must I turn and go?
14484say, wilt thou bide aloof?
14484that deep groan?
14484weep Before the tent?
14484were they so?
14484what canst thou so mislike in me?
14484what dost thou?
14484what is it, man?
14484what is''t you would know?
14484what means this universal doubt?
14484what old evil will thy words disclose?
14484what saidst thou?
14484what shall I say?
14484when I have seen it with mine eyes?
14484where art thou?
14484where is wisdom?
14484where?
14484wherefore?
14484which way?
14484whither should I go and stay?
14484who considereth?
14484who?
14484why go where thou wilt find thy bane?
14484why this curse upon thyself?
14484why this talk in the open day?
14484wilt thou kill thy son''s espousal too?
14484woe is me, doubly unfortunate, Forlorn and destitute, whither henceforth For wretched comfort must we go?