ISMENE. Thou more wretched than the other! ANTIGONE. Thine own kindred pierced thee thorough. ISMENE. And thy kin was pierced by thee. ANTIGONE. Sight of sadness! ISMENE. Tale of sorrow! ANTIGONE. Deadly to say! ISMENE. Deadly to see! ANTIGONE. We with you the sorrow bear. ISMENE. And twin woes twin sisters share. CHORUS. Alas! alas! Moera, baneful gifts dispensing[n45] To the toilsome race of mortals, {291} Now prevails thy murky hour: Shade of Oedipus thrice sacred, Night-clad Fury, dread Erinnys, Mighty, mighty is thy power! ANTISTROPHE. ANTIGONE. Food to feed the eyes with mourning, ISMENE. Exile sad, more sad returning! ANTIGONE. Slain wert thou, when thou hadst slain. ISMENE. Found wert thou and lost again. ANTIGONE. Lost, in sooth, beyond reprieving. ISMENE. Life-bereft and life-bereaving. ANTIGONE. Race of Laius, woe is thee! ISMENE. Woe, and wail, and misery! ANTIGONE. Woe, woe, thy fatal name! ISMENE. Prophet of our triple shame. ANTIGONE. Deadly to say! ISMENE. Deadly to see! CHORUS. Alas! alas! Moera, baneful gifts dispensing To the toilsome race of mortals, Now prevails thy murky hour; Shade of Oedipus thrice sacred, Night-clad Fury, dread Erinnys, Mighty, mighty is thy power. EPODE. ANTIGONE. Thou hast marched a distant road. ISMENE. Thou hast gone to the dark abode. ANTIGONE. Cruel welcome met thee here. ISMENE. Falling by thy brother's spear. ANTIGONE. Deadly to say! ISMENE. Deadly to see! ANTIGONE. Woe and wailing. ISMENE. Wail and woe! ANTIGONE. To my home and to my country. ISMENE. And to me much wail and woe. ANTIGONE. Chief woe to me! ISMENE. Weeping and woe! ANTIGONE. Alas! Eteocles, laid thus low! ISMENE. O thrice woe-worthy pair! ANTIGONE. A god, a god, hath dealt the blow! ISMENE. Where shall they find their clay-cold lair? {292} ANTIGONE. An honoured place their bones shall keep. ISMENE. With their fathers they shall sleep. [_Enter_ HERALD.