vv. 1524–1530
OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES
Chorus.
Ye citizens of Thebes, behold; ’tis Oedipus that passeth here,
Who read the riddle-word of Death, and mightiest stood of mortal men,
And Fortune loved him, and the folk that saw him turned and looked again.
Lo, he is fallen, and around great storms and the outreaching sea!
Therefore, O Man, beware, and look toward the end of things that be,
The last of sights, the last of days; and no man’s life account as gain
Ere the full tale be finished and the darkness find him without pain.
[Oedipus is led into the house and the doors close on him.
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