id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt euripides-alcestis-1762 euripides-alcestis-1762 .txt text/plain 11105 1688 102 'Tis but one life thou gainest either-wise. I know gods sicken at thee and men pine. Shall wrest this woman from thy worms and thee. For this true-hearted love he hath cast away? But thou hast been from olden days our friend. In thy hand are my life and death, Thy father and mother both--'tis strange to tell-Thy marriage-bed, nor comfort thee pain-tossed This life-long sorrow thou hast sworn, I too, Thy friend, will bear with thee. My King, thou needs must gird thee to the worst. Seeing she hath died, my son, that thou mayst live Thou art; and now I am no more thy son. Thou son, stir not thy father's wrath. Because none wrongs thee, thou must curse thy sire? Dishonoured thou shalt die when death shall come. --And the face of thy belovèd, it shall meet thee never, never! Save thee, as thou alone hast saved my love! ./cache/euripides-alcestis-1762.txt ./txt/euripides-alcestis-1762.txt