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EURIPIDES.
Alcestis.
Dark—dark—mine eyes are drooping, heavy-laden. 385
Admetus.
Oh, I am lost if thou wilt leave me, wife!
Alcestis.
No more—I am no more: as nought account me.
Admetus.
Uplift thy face: forsake not thine own children!
Alcestis.
Sore loth do I—yet O farewell, my babes!
Admetus.
Look unto them—O look!
Alcestis.
I am no more. 390
Admetus.
Ah, leav'st thou us?
Alcestis.
Farewell. [Dies.
Admetus.
O wretch undone!
Chorus.
Gone,—gone!—No more is this Admetus' wife!
