Chorus
A fate we cannot cope with is come upon us.
Admetus
Woe is me!
Chorus
But thou to sorrow settest no limit.
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Admetus
Ah! ah!
Chorus
’Tis hard to bear, but still—
Admetus
Woe is me!
Chorus
Thou art not the first to lose—
Admetus
O! woe is me!
Chorus
A wife; misfortune takes a different shape for every man she plagues.
Alcestis. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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