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thee from thy place。 Did I not foresee thy purpose�察�did I not bid thee

keep silence on the very matter which is now my shame�拭�But thou

wouldst not be still�察�wherefore my fair name will not go with me to

the tomb。 But now I must another scheme devise。 Yon youth�察�in the

keenness of his fury�察�will tell his father of my sin�察�and the aged

Pittheus of my state and fill the world with stories to my shame。

Perdition seize thee and every meddling fool who by dishonest means

would serve unwilling friends��

  NURSE

    Mistress�察�thou may'st condemn the mischief I have done�察�for

sorrow's sting o'ermasters thy judgment�察�yet can I answer thee in face

of this�察�if thou wilt hear。 'Twas I who nurtured thee�察�I love thee

still�察�but in my search for medicine to cure thy sickness I found what

least I sought。 Had I but succeeded�察�I had been counted wise�察�for

the credit we get for wisdom is measured by our success。

  PHAEDRA

    Is it just�察�is it any satisfaction to me�察�that thou shouldst wound

me first�察�then bandy words with me��

  NURSE

    We dwell on this too long�察�I was not wise�察�I own�察�but there are

yet ways of escape from the trouble�察�my child。

  PHAEDRA

    Be dumb henceforth�察�evil was thy first advice to me�察�evil too

thy attempted scheme。 Begone and leave me�察�look to thyself�察�I will

my own fortunes for the best arrange。

                                    ��The NURSE goes into the palace。��

    Ye noble daughters of Troezen�察�grant me the only boon I crave��

in silence bury what ye here have heard。

  LEADER

    By majestic Artemis�察�child of Zeus�察�I swear I will never divulge

aught of thy sorrows。

  PHAEDRA

    'Tis well。 But I�察�with all my thought�察�can but one way discover

out of this calamity�察�that so I may secure my children's honour�察�and

find myself some help as matters stand。 For never�察�never will I

bring shame upon my Cretan home�察�nor will I�察�to save one poor life��

face Theseus after my disgrace。

  LEADER

    Art thou bent then on some cureless woe��

  PHAEDRA

    On death�察�the means thereto must I devise myself。

  LEADER

    Hush��

  PHAEDRA

    Do thou at least advise me well。 For this very day shall I gladden

Cypris�察�my destroyer�察�by yielding up my life�察�and shall own myself

vanquished by cruel love。 Yet shall my dying be another's curse��

that he may learn not to exult at my misfortunes�察�but when he comes to

share the self´same plague with me�察�he will take a lesson in wisdom。

                                         ��PHAEDRA enters the palace。��

  CHORUS ��chanting��



                                                            strophe 1



    O to be nestling 'neath some pathless cavern�察�there by god's

creating hand to grow into a bird amid the winged tribes� �Away would I

soar to Adria's wave´beat shore and to the waters of Eridanus�察�where a

father's hapless daughters in their grief for Phaethon distil into the

glooming flood the amber brilliance of their tears。



                                                        antistrophe 1



    And to the apple´bearing strand of those minstrels in the west

then would come�察�where ocean's lord no more to sailors grants

passage o'er the deep dark main�察�finding there the heaven's holy

bound�察�upheld by Atlas�察�where water from ambrosial founts wells up

beside the couch of Zeus inside his halls�察�and holy earth�察�the

bounteous mother�察�causes joy to spring in heavenly breasts。



                                                            strophe 2



    O white´winged bark�察�that o'er the booming ocean´wave didst

bring my royal mistress from her happy home�察�to crown her queen

'mongst sorrow's brides� �Surely evil omens from either port�察�at

least from Crete�察�were with that ship�察�what time to glorious Athens it

sped its way�察�and the crew made fast its twisted cable´ends upon the

beach of Munychus�察�and on the land stept out。



                                                        antistrophe 2



    Whence comes it that her heart is crushed�察�cruelly afflicted by

Aphrodite with unholy love�察�so she by bitter grief o'erwhelmed will

tie a noose within her bridal bower to fit it to her fair white neck��

to modest for this hateful lot in life�察�prizing o'er all her name and

fame�察�and striving thus to rid her soul of passion's sting。



                                ��The NURSE rushes out of the palace。��



  NURSE

    Help� �ho� �To the rescue all who near the palace stand� �She hath

hung herself�察�our queen�察�the wife of Theseus。

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    Woe worth the day� �the deed is done�察�our royal mistress is no

more�察�dead she hangs in the dangling noose。

  NURSE

    Haste� �some one bring a two´edged knife wherewith to cut the

knot about her neck。

  FIRST SEMI´CHORUS

    Friends�察�what shall we do�拭�think you we should enter the house��

and loose the queen from the tight´drawn noose��

  SECOND SEMI´CHORUS

    Why should we�拭�Are there not young servants here�拭�To do too much

is not a safe course in life。

  NURSE

    Lay out the hapless corpse�察�straighten the limbs。 This was a

bitter way to sit at home and keep my master's house��

                                                       ��She goes in。��

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    She is dead�察�poor lady�察�'tis this I hear。 Already are they

laying out the corpse。



             ��THESEUS and his retinue have entered�察�unnoticed。��



  THESEUS

    Women�察�can ye tell me what the uproar in the palace means�拭�There

came the sound of servants weeping bitterly to mine ear。 None of my

household deign to open wide the gates and give me glad welcome as

traveller from prophetic shrines。 Hath aught befallen old Pittheus��

No�察�Though he be well advanced in years�察�yet should I mourn�察�were he

to quit this house。

  LEADER

    'Tis not against the old�察�Theseus�察�that fate�察�to strike thee�察�aims

this blow�察�prepare thy sorrow for a younger corpse。

  THESEUS

    Woe is me� �is it a child's life death robs me of��

  LEADER

    They live�察�but�察�cruellest news of all for thee�察�their mother is no

more。

  THESEUS

    What� �my wife dead�拭�By what cruel stroke of chance��

  LEADER

    About her neck she tied the hangman's knot。

  THESEUS

    Had grief so chilled her blood�拭�or what had befallen her��

  LEADER

    I know but this�察�for I am myself but now arrived at the house to

mourn thy sorrows�察�O Theseus。

  THESEUS

    Woe is me� �why have I crowned my head with woven garlands�察�when

misfortune greets my embassage�拭�Unbolt the doors�察�servants�察�loose

their fastenings�察�that I may see the piteous sight�察�my wife�察�whose

death is death to me。



    ��The central doors of the palace open�察�disclosing the corpse。��



    Woe� �woe is thee for thy piteous lot� �thou hast done thyself a

hurt deep enough to overthrow this family。 Ah� �ah� �the daring of it

done to death by violence and unnatural means�察�the desperate effort of

thy own poor hand� �Who cast the shadow o'er thy life�察�poor lady��

  THESEUS ��chanting��

    Ah me�察�my cruel lot� �sorrow hath done her worst on me。 O

fortune�察�how heavily hast thou set thy foot on me and on my house��

by fiendish hands inflicting an unexpected stain�拭�Nay�察�'tis complete

effacement of my life�察�making it not to be lived�察�for I see�察�alas��

so wide an ocean of grief that I can never swim to shore again�察�nor

breast the tide of this calamity。 How shall I speak of thee�察�my poor

wife�察�what tale of direst suffering tell�拭�Thou art vanished like a

bird from the covert of my hand�察�taking one headlong leap from me to

Hades' halls。 Alas�察�and woe� �this is a bitter�察�bitter sight� �This must

be a judgment sent by God for the sins of an ancestor�察�which from some

far source I am bringing on myself。

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    My prince�察�'tis not to thee alone such sorrows come�察�thou hast

lost a noble wife�察�but so have many others。

  THESEUS ��chanting��

    Fain would I go hide me 'neath earth's blackest depth�察�to dwell in

darkness with the dead in misery�察�now that I am reft of thy dear

presence� �for thou hast slain me than thyself e'en more。 Who can

tell me what caused the fatal stroke that reached thy heart�察�dear

wife�拭�Will no one tell me what befell�拭�doth my palace all in vain give

shelter to a herd of menials�拭�Woe�察�woe for thee�察�my wife� �sorrows past

speech�察�past bearing�察�I behold within my house�察�myself ruined man��

my home a solitude�察�my children orphans��

  CHORUS ��chanting��

    Gone and left us hast thou�察�fondest wife and noblest of all

women 'neath the sun's bright eye or night's star´lit radiance。 Poor

house�察�what sorrows are thy portion now� �My eyes are wet with

streams of tears to see thy fate�察�but the ill that is to follow has

long with terror filled me。

  THESEUS

    Ha� �what means this letter�拭�clasped in her dear hand it hath

some strange tale to tell。 Hath she�察�poor lady�察�as a last request��

written her bidding as to my marriage and her children�拭�Take heart��

poor ghost�察�no wife henceforth shall wed thy Th
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