Euripides' ALCESTIS Complete

Translated by Gilbert Murray. - Cf. An Introduction to Euripides' Alcestis by Murray

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Leader: And who hath said that Love shall bring
More joy to man than fear and strife?
I knew his perils from of old,
I know them now, when I behold
The bitter faring of my King,
Whose love is taken, and his life
Left evermore an empty thing.

Alcestis: O Sun, O light of the day that falls!
O running cloud that races along the sky!

Admetus: They look on thee and me, a stricken twain,
Who have wrought no sin that God should have thee slain.

Alcestis: Dear Earth, and House of sheltering walls,
And wedded homes of the land where my fathers lie!

Admetus: Fail not, my hapless one. Be strong, and pray
The o'er-mastering Gods to hate us not alway.

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