Phaedra by Jean Baptiste Racine
page 46 of 84 (54%)
page 46 of 84 (54%)
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With eager haste. I went by your command
To find the prince, when with a thousand shouts The air was rent-- PHAEDRA My husband is alive, That is enough, Oenone. I have own'd A passion that dishonours him. He lives: I ask to know no more. OENONE What? PHAEDRA I foretold it, But you refused to hear. Your tears prevail'd Over my just remorse. Dying this morn, I had deserved compassion; your advice I took, and die dishonour'd. OENONE Die? PHAEDRA Just Heav'ns! What have I done to-day? My husband comes, With him his son: and I shall see the witness Of my adulterous flame watch with what face I greet his father, while my heart is big With sighs he scorn'd, and tears that could not move him |
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