OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Chorus
Yes, advance no more.
Oedipus
May I sit down?
Chorus
Move sideways towards the ledge,
And sit thee crouching on the scarped edge.
Antigone
This is my office, father, O incline—
Oedipus
Ah me! ah me!
Antigone
Thy steps to my steps, lean thine aged frame on mine.
Oedipus
Woe on my fate unblest!
Chorus
Wanderer, now thou art at rest,
Tell me of thy birth and home,
From what far country art thou come,
Led on thy weary way, declare!
Oedipus
Strangers, I have no country. O forbear—
Chorus
What is it, old man, that thou wouldst conceal?
Oedipus
Forbear, nor urge me further to reveal—
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