THE SEVEN CHIEFS AGAINST THEBES.
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"To those that wait the fate of Polynices
Let the state act its pleasure. We will go
Attend his funeral rites, and aid his sister
To place him in the earth. Such sorrows move
The common feelings of humanity;
And when the deed is just the state approves it."
Such are the words of Antigone and her friends. The other train reply:—
"And we with him, as justice and the state
Concur to call us. Next th' immortal gods
And Jove's high power this valiant youth came forth
The guardian of his country, and repelled
Th' assault of foreign foes, whose raging force
Rushed like a torrent threatening to o'erwhelm us."
