TEIRESIAS Thy words, O king, are wide of the mark, and I For fear lest I too trip like thee...
OEDIPUS Oh speak, Withhold not, I adjure thee, if thou know'st, Thy knowledge.
There is more sagacity in thy body than in thy best wisdom.
Thy Self laugheth at thine ego, and its proud prancings.
Thou therefore whom thou only canst redeeme, Thir Nature also to
thy Nature joyne; And be
thy self Man among men on Earth, Made flesh, when time shall be, of Virgin seed, By wondrous birth: Be thou in ADAMS room The Head of all mankind, though ADAMS Son.
Ah I ever I behold
Thy dreamy, passionate eyes, Blue as the languid skies
Come, thou that hast inspired
thy Aristophanes,
thy Lucian,
thy Cervantes,
thy Rabelais,
thy Moliere,
thy Shakespear,
thy Swift,
thy Marivaux, fill my pages with humour; till mankind learn the good-nature to laugh only at the follies of others, and the humility to grieve at their own.
Make no banaar's boast of skill; Hold
thy peace above the kill.
"Glory in
thy humble birth, Sancho, and he not ashamed of saying thou art peasant-born; for when it is seen thou art not ashamed no one will set himself to put thee to the blush; and pride thyself rather upon being one of lowly virtue than a lofty sinner.
Hear us when we pray to Thee; strengthen with
Thy might our most gracious sovereign lord, the Emperor Alexander Pavlovich; be mindful of his uprightness and meekness, reward him according to his righteousness, and let it preserve us,
Thy chosen Israel!
No more: 'tis ill to tear aside the veil Of mysteries; let me cease as I began: Enough if thou wilt keep
thy plighted troth, Then shall thou ne'er complain that Oedipus Proved an unprofitable and thankless guest, Except the gods themselves shall play me false.
Son, be warned And let no woman fool away
thy wits.