OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Creon
Command your minions; I am not your slave.
Chorus
Desist, I bid thee.
Creon (to the guard)
And I bid thee march!
Chorus
To the rescue, one and all!
Rally, neighbours to my call!
See, the foe is at the gate!
Rally to defend the State.
Antigone
Ah, woe is me, they drag me hence, O friends.
Oedipus
Where art thou, daughter?
Antigone
Haled along by force.
Oedipus
Thy hands, my child!
Antigone
They will not let me, father.
Creon
Away with her!
Oedipus
Ah woe is me, ah woe!
Creon
So those two crutches shall no longer serve thee
For further roaming. Since it pleaseth thee
To triumph o’er thy country and thy friends
Whose mandate, though a prince, I here discharge.
Enjoy thy triumph; soon or late thou’lt find
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