Hippolytus
- 1446
Woe is me, my son! what art thou doing to me thy hapless sire!
- 1447
I am a broken man; yes, I see the gates that close upon the dead.
- 1448
Canst leave me thus with murder on my soul!
- 1449
No, no; I set thee free from this bloodguiltiness.
- 1450
What sayest thou? dost absolve me from bloodshed?
- 1451
Artemis, the archer-queen, is my witness that I do.
- 1452
My own dear child, how generous dost thou show thyself to thy father!
- 1455
Pray to have children such as me bom in lawful wedlock.
- 1454
O that holy, noble soul of thine!
- 1453
Farewell, dear father! a long farewell to thee!
- 1456
O leave me not, my son; endure awhile.
- 1457
’Tis finished, my endurance; I die, father; quickly cover my face with a mantle.
- 1459
O glorious Athens, realm of Pallas,
- 1460
what a splendid hero ye have lost! Ah me, ah me! How oft shall I remember thy evil work, O Cypris!
- 1462
On all our citizens hath come this universal sorrow, unforeseen. Now shall the copious tear gush forth,
- 1465
for sad news about great men takes more than usual hold upon the heart.
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