...have saved Their son with honor, glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou die; and I Might thus have lived, thou might's! have lived till age Crept slowly on, nor wouldst thou heave the sigh 'Thus of thy wife deprived,...

...die ; and I Might thus have lived, thou might' st have lived till age Crept slowly on, nor wou'dst thou heave the sigh Thus of thy wife deprived, nor...alone Thy orphan children : but some god appointed It should be thus : thus be it : thou to me Requite this kindness ; never shall I ask An equal retribution,...

...glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shou'dst thou die; and I Might thus have lived, thou might'st have lived till age Crept slowly on, nor wou'dst thou heave the sigh Thus of thy wife deprived, nor train alone Thy orphan children : but some...

...have saved Their son with honor, glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou die; and I Might...alone Thy orphan children : but some god appointed It should be thus : thus be it : thou to me Requite this kindness ; never shall I ask An equal retribution,...

...in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou'die; and I Might thus have lived, thou might'st have lived...alone Thy orphan children : but some god appointed It should be thus : thus be it : thou to me Requite this kindness; never shall I ask An equal retribution,...

...slowly on, nor wouldst thou heave the sigh Might thus have lived, thou might'st have lived till age Thus of thy wife deprived, nor train alone Thy orphan children : but some god appointed It should be thus : thus be it; thou to me Requite this kindness; never shall I ask An equal retribution,...

...saved Their sou with honour, glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou die ; and I Might...thou mightst have lived till age Crept slowly on, nor wonldst thou heave the sigh Thus of thy wife deprived, nor train alone Thy orphan children. Contrast...

...have saved Their son with honor, glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou die ; and I Might...wife deprived, nor train alone Thy orphan children." Contrast these last words with those of Menoikeus, who is about to sacrifice himself in order to save...

...have saved Their son with honor, glorious in their death. They had no child but thee, they had no hope Of other offspring, shouldst thou die; and I Might thus have lived, thou might's! have lived till age Crept slowly on, nor wouldst thou heave the sigh Thus of thy wife deprived,...