Epeisodion 2
Alcestis
Thy sorrow Time will soothe; ’tis the dead who are as naught.
Admetus
Take me, O take me, I beseech, with thee ’neath the earth.
Alcestis
Enough that I in thy stead am dying.
Admetus
O Destiny! of what a wife art thou despoiling me!
Alcestis
Lo! the darkness deepens on my drooping eyes.
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Admetus
Lost indeed am I, if thou, dear wife, wilt really leave me.
Alcestis
Thou mayst speak of me as naught, as one whose life is o’er.
Admetus
Lift up thy face, leave not thy children.
Alcestis
’Tis not my own free will; O my babes, farewell!
Admetus
Look, look on them but once.
390
Alcestis
My end is come.
390
Admetus
What mean’st thou? art leaving us?
Admetus
Lost! lost! woe is me!
Chorus
She is gone, the wife of Admetus is no more.
