Sophocles' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS Complete

Translated by F. Storr. From the Loeb Library Edition, Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London. First published in 1912.

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Page 28

Oedipus: Hast thou indeed then entertained a hope
The gods at last will turn and rescue me?

Ismene: Yea, so I read these latest oracles.

Oedipus: What oracles? What hath been uttered, child?

Ismene: Thy country (so it runs) shall yearn in time
To have thee for their weal alive or dead.

Oedipus: And who could gain by such a one as I?

Ismene: On thee, 'tis said, their sovereignty depends.

Oedipus: So, when I cease to be, my worth begins.

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