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 77

Antigone: Fathers aye were fond.

Oedipus: Props of my age!

Antigone: So sorrow sorrow props.

Oedipus: I have my darlings, and if death should come,
Death were not wholly bitter with you near.
Cling to me, press me close on either side,
There rest ye from your dreary wayfaring.
Now tell me of your ventures, but in brief;
Brief speech suffices for young maids like you.

Antigone: Here is our savior; thou should'st hear the tale
From his own lips; so shall my part be brief.

Oedipus: I pray thee do not wonder if the sight
Of children, given o'er for lost, has made
My converse somewhat long and tedious.

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