Daughter, for this loyal spirit I thank you.AntigoneHow could I marry, while you went into exile alone, father?OedipusStay here and be happy; I will bear my own load of sorrow.AntigoneAnd who will tend you in your blindness, father?OedipusWhere fate appoints, there I will fall and lie down upon the ground.AntigoneWhere is Oedipus, and that famous riddle?OedipusLost! One day blessed me, one destroyed me.AntigoneMay I not also share your sorrows?OedipusTo wander with her blinded father would be shameful for his daughter.AntigoneNot so, father, but glory, if she is discreet.OedipusLead me near, so that I may touch your mother’s corpse.AntigoneThere, embrace the aged form so dear to you.OedipusO mother, o most wretched wife!AntigonePitiably she lies, who suffered every evil at once.OedipusWhere are the corpses of Eteocles, and of Polyneices?AntigoneHere they both lie, stretched out side by side.OedipusLay my blind hand upon their poor faces.