Antigone
That none approach the place, that none address
With vows the hallow'd ground in which he lies:
Obeying this, he told me I should hold
These realms from hostile insult always safe.
The god my promise heard, and the firm oath
Of Jove which all things hears.
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If such his charge,
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With meek submission to his will we yield.
But send us to Ogygian Thebes, if there
Haply the demon Rage, athirst for blood,
Rushing between our brothers, we may check.
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.