For never shall ye be
From henceforth under the same roof with me.
From henceforth under the same roof with me.
Euripides - Alcestis
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Out from my mind!
PHERES.
I go. Bury the woman thou hast slain. . . .
Her kinsmen yet may come to thee with plain
Question. Acastus hath small place in good
Men, if he care not for his sister's blood.
[PHERES _goes off, with his Attendants_. ADMETUS _calls after him
as he goes. _]
ADMETUS.
Begone, begone, thou and thy bitter mate!
Be old and childless--ye have earned your fate--
While your son lives!
For never shall ye be
From henceforth under the same roof with me. . . .
Must I send heralds and a trumpet's call
To abjure thy blood? Fear not, I will send them all. . . .
[PHERES _is now out of sight;_ ADMETUS _drops his defiance and
seems like a broken man. _]
But we--our sorrow is upon us; come
With me, and let us bear her to the tomb.
CHORUS.
Ah me!
Farewell, unfalteringly brave!
Farewell, thou generous heart and true!
May Pluto give thee welcome due,
And Hermes love thee in the grave.
PHERES.
I go. Bury the woman thou hast slain. . . .
Her kinsmen yet may come to thee with plain
Question. Acastus hath small place in good
Men, if he care not for his sister's blood.
[PHERES _goes off, with his Attendants_. ADMETUS _calls after him
as he goes. _]
ADMETUS.
Begone, begone, thou and thy bitter mate!
Be old and childless--ye have earned your fate--
While your son lives!
For never shall ye be
From henceforth under the same roof with me. . . .
Must I send heralds and a trumpet's call
To abjure thy blood? Fear not, I will send them all. . . .
[PHERES _is now out of sight;_ ADMETUS _drops his defiance and
seems like a broken man. _]
But we--our sorrow is upon us; come
With me, and let us bear her to the tomb.
CHORUS.
Ah me!
Farewell, unfalteringly brave!
Farewell, thou generous heart and true!
May Pluto give thee welcome due,
And Hermes love thee in the grave.
