Alcestis by Euripides
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How? Is there wit in Death, who seemed so blind?
THANATOS. The rich would buy long life for all their kind. APOLLO. Thou will not grant me, then, this boon? 'Tis so? THANATOS. Thou knowest me, what I am: I tell thee, no! APOLLO. I know gods sicken at thee and men pine. THANATOS. Begone! Too many things not meant for thine Thy greed hath conquered; but not all, not all! APOLLO. I swear, for all thy bitter pride, a fall Awaits thee. One even now comes conquering Towards this house, sent by a southland king To fetch him four wild coursers, of the race Which rend men's bodies in the winds of Thrace. This house shall give him welcome good, and he Shall wrest this woman from thy worms and thee. So thou shalt give me all, and thereby win But hatred, not the grace that might have been. [_Exit_ APOLLO.] |
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