OEDIPUS AT COLONUS
Oedipus
For all his benefits I would perform
The promise made when I received them first.
Chorus
Hither haste, my son, arise, (Ant. 2)
Altar leave and sacrifice,
If haply to Poseidon now
In the far glade thou pay’st thy vow.
For our guest to thee would bring
And thy folk an offering,
Thy due guerdon. Haste, O King!
Enter Theseus.
Theseus
Wherefore again this general din? at once
My people call me and the stranger calls.
Is it a thunderbolt of Zeus or sleet
Of arrowy hail? a storm so fierce as this
Would warrant all surmises of mischance.
Oedipus
Thou com’st much wished for. Prince, and sure some god
Hath bid good luck attend thee on thy way.
Theseus
What, son of Laïus, hath chanced of new?
Oedipus
My life hath turned the scale. I would do all
I promised thee and thine before I die.
Theseus
What sign assures thee that thine end is near?
