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O woe is me! CHORUS Thou art a bold man, stranger, if thou think'st To execute thy purpose. CREON So I do. CHORUS Then shall I deem this State no more a State. CREON With a just quarrel weakness conquers might. OEDIPUS Ye hear his words? CHORUS Aye words, but not yet deeds, Zeus knoweth! CREON Zeus may haply know, not thou. CHORUS Insolence! CREON Insolence that thou must bear. CHORUS Haste ye princes, sound the alarm! Men of Athens, arm ye, arm! Quickly to the rescue come Ere the robbers get them home. [Enter THESEUS] THESEUS Why this outcry? What is forward? wherefore was I called away From the altar of Poseidon, lord of your Colonus? Say! On what errand have I hurried hither without stop or stay. OEDIPUS Dear friend--those accents tell me who thou art-- |
