From the ''Antigone''

    Inhabitant of the soft cheek of a girl—

    The rich man and his affairs，

    The fat flocks and the fields‘ fatness，

    Mariners¹， rough harvesters；

    Overcome Gods upon Parnassus；

    Overcome the Empyrean； hurl²

    Heaven and Earth out of their places，

    That in the same calamity³

    Brother and brother， friend and friend，

    Family and family，

    City and city may contend，

    By that great glory driven wild.

    Pray I will and sing I must，

    And yet I weep—Oedipus‘ child

    Descends⁴ into the loveless dust.