Oedipus King of ThebesTranslated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Tiresias.

Tiresias.

More blind, more sad thy words of scorn, which none

Who hears but shall cast back on thee: soon, soon.

Oedipus.

Oedipus.

Thou spawn of Night, not I nor any free

And seeing man would hurt a thing like thee.

Tiresias.

Tiresias.

God is enough.—'Tis not my doom to fall

By thee. He knows and shall accomplish all.

vv. 378-402  [Pg 23]

Oedipus (with a flash of discovery).

Oedipus

Ha! Creon!—Is it his or thine, this plot?

Tiresias.

Tiresias.

'Tis thyself hates thee. Creon hates thee not.

Oedipus.


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