HIPPOLYTUS

Ah! the fragrance from my goddess wafted! Even in my agony I



feel thee near and find relief; she is here in this very place, my

goddess Artemis.



ARTEMIS

She is, poor sufferer! the goddess thou hast loved the best.



HIPPOLYTUS

Dost see me, mistress mine? dost see my present suffering?



ARTEMIS

I see thee, but mine eyes no tear may weep.



HIPPOLYTUS

Thou hast none now to lead the hunt or tend thy fane.



ARTEMIS

None now; yet e'en in death I love thee still.



HIPPOLYTUS

None to groom thy steeds, or guard thy shrines.



ARTEMIS

'Twas Cypris, mistress of iniquity, devised this evil.



HIPPOLYTUS

Ah me! now know I the goddess who destroyed me.



ARTEMIS

She was jealous of her slighted honour, vexed at thy chaste life.



HIPPOLYTUS

Ah! then I see her single hand hath struck down three of us.



ARTEMIS

Thy sire and thee, and last thy father's wife.



HIPPOLYTUS

My sire's ill-luck as well as mine I mourn.



ARTEMIS

He was deceived by a goddess's design.



HIPPOLYTUS

Woe is thee, my father, in this sad mischance!



THESEUS

My son, I am a ruined man; life has no joys for me.



HIPPOLYTUS

For this mistake I mourn thee rather than myself.



THESEUS

O that I had died for thee, my son!



HIPPOLYTUS

Ah! those fatal gifts thy sire Poseidon gave.



THESEUS

Would God these lips had never uttered that prayer!



HIPPOLYTUS

Why not? thou wouldst in any case have slain me in thy fury then.



THESEUS

Yes; Heaven had perverted my power to think.



HIPPOLYTUS

O that the race of men could bring a curse upon the gods!



ARTEMIS

Enough! for though thou pass to gloom beneath the earth, the wrath



of Cypris shall not, at her will, fall on thee unrequited, because

thout hadst a noble righteous soul. For I with mine own hand will with



these unerring shafts avenge me on another, who is her votary, dearest

to her of all the sons of men. And to thee, poor sufferer, for thy



anguish now will grant high honours in the city of Troezen; for thee

shall maids unwed before their marriage cut off their hair, thy



harvest through the long roll of time of countless bitter tears.

Yea, and for ever shall the virgin choir hymn thy sad memory, nor



shall Phaedra's love for thee fall into oblivion and pass away

unnoticed. But thou, O son of old Aegeus, take thy son in thine



arms, draw him close to thee, for unwittingly thou slewest him, and

men may well commit an error when gods put it in their way. And thee



Hippolytus, I admonish; hate not thy sire, for in this death thou dost

but meet thy destined fate. And now farewell! 'tis not for me to



gaze upon the dead, or pollute my sight with death-scenes, and e'en

now I see thee nigh that evil.



(ARTEMIS vanishes.)

HIPPOLYTUS



Farewell, blest virgin queen! leave me now! Easily thou

resignest our long friendship! I am reconciled with my father at thy



desire, yea, for ever before I would obey thy bidding. Ah me! the

darkness is settling even now upon my eyes. Take me, father, in thy



arms, lift me up.

THESEUS

• terror [´terə] n.恐怖；惊骇 (初中英语单词)


• career [kə´riə] n.经历；生涯；职业 (初中英语单词)


• confusion [kən´fju:ʒən] n.混乱(状态)；骚乱 (初中英语单词)


• breath [breθ] n.呼吸；气息 (初中英语单词)


• charge [tʃɑ:dʒ] v.收费；冲锋 n.费用 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)


• hatred [´heitrid] n.憎恨，敌意 (初中英语单词)


• victim [´viktim] n.牺牲者；受害者 (初中英语单词)


• hither [´hiðə] ad.到此处 (初中英语单词)


• messenger [´mesindʒə] n.使者；送信人 (初中英语单词)


• attendant [ə´tendənt] n.随员 a.伴随的 (初中英语单词)


• lightning [´laitniŋ] n.闪电 a.突然的 (初中英语单词)


• wretched [´retʃid] a.可怜的；倒霉的 (初中英语单词)


• intent [in´tent] a.专心致志的 n.意图 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• goddess [´gɔdis] n.女神 (初中英语单词)


• purity [´pjuəriti] n.纯净；贞洁 (初中英语单词)


• conquer [´kɔŋkə] v.征服；克服；抑制 (初中英语单词)


• fearful [´fiəfəl] a.可怕的；担心的 (初中英语单词)


• awhile [ə´wail] ad.少顷；片刻 (初中英语单词)


• inquiry [in´kwaiəri] n.询问；质询；调查 (初中英语单词)


• pardon [´pɑ:dən] n.&vt.原谅；饶恕；赦免 (初中英语单词)


• ignorance [´ignərəns] n.无知，愚昧 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• unhappy [ʌn´hæpi] a.不幸的；不快乐的 (初中英语单词)


• bloody [´blʌdi] a.(流)血的；血腥的 (初中英语单词)


• relief [ri´li:f] n.救济；援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)


• mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)


• jealous [´dʒeləs] a.妒忌的 (初中英语单词)


• commit [kə´mit] vt.犯(罪)；把…判处 (初中英语单词)


• regardless [ri´gɑ:dləs] a.不留心的；不关心的 (高中英语单词)


• frantic [´fræntik] a.发狂的；急忙的 (高中英语单词)


• stubborn [´stʌbən] a.顽固的；坚持的 (高中英语单词)


• tablet [´tæblit] n.碑；牌；匾额 (高中英语单词)


• plague [pleig] n.瘟疫 vt.使…染疫 (高中英语单词)


• convict [kən´vikt, ´kɔnvikt] vt.证明…有罪 n.罪犯 (高中英语单词)


• tidings [´taidiŋz] n.消息，音信 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• virgin [´və:dʒin] a.处女(般)的 n.处女 (高中英语单词)


• strove [strəuv] strive的过去式 (高中英语单词)


• amongst [ə´mʌŋst] prep.其中之一 =among (高中英语单词)


• beseech [bi´si:tʃ] v.恳求，哀求 (高中英语单词)


• tenderly [´tendəli] ad.娇嫩地；柔和地 (高中英语单词)


• mistaken [mis´teikən] mistake的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• anguish [´æŋgwiʃ] n.(极度的)痛苦；苦恼 (高中英语单词)


• mortal [´mɔ:tl] a.致命的 n.凡人 (高中英语单词)


• fragrance [´freigrəns] n.芬芳，芳香 (高中英语单词)


• avenge [ə´vendʒ] vt.替…报仇 (高中英语单词)


• countless [´kauntlis] a.无数的 (高中英语单词)


• detest [di´test] vt.痛恨，憎恶 (英语四级单词)


• unnatural [,ʌn´nætʃərəl] a.不自然的 (英语四级单词)


• wretch [retʃ] n.不幸的人；卑鄙的人 (英语四级单词)


• lavish [´læviʃ] a.慷慨的；浪费的 (英语四级单词)


• righteous [´raitʃəs] a.正直的；正当的 (英语四级单词)


• accursed [ə´kə:sid] a.被诅咒的；可憎的 (英语四级单词)


• chaste [tʃeist] a.贞洁的；高雅的 (英语四级单词)


• sufferer [´sʌfərə] n.受苦的人；患者 (英语四级单词)


• admonish [əd´mɔniʃ] vt.训戒；警告；劝告 (英语四级单词)


• dashing [´dæʃiŋ] a.勇猛的；生气勃勃的 (英语六级单词)


• bethink [bi´θiŋk] vt.想起；思考 (英语六级单词)


• harshly [´hɑ:ʃli] ad.粗糙地，冷酷地 (英语六级单词)


• pinion [´piniən] n.翅膀 v.把…背绑 (英语六级单词)


• malady [´mælədi] n.疾病；不正之风 (英语六级单词)


• fraught [frɔ:t] a.充满…的 (英语六级单词)


• prophetic [prə´fetik] a.预言(家)的；预示的 (英语六级单词)


• albeit [ɔ:l´bi:it] conj.即使；纵使；虽然 (英语六级单词)


• hapless [´hæpləs] a.不幸的；倒楣的 (英语六级单词)


• undone [,ʌn´dʌn] a.未完成的，没有做的 (英语六级单词)


• impious [´impiəs] a.不敬的；不孝的 (英语六级单词)


• relentless [ri´lentləs] a.无情的；坚韧的 (英语六级单词)


• iniquity [i´nikwiti] n.不公正；邪恶 (英语六级单词)


• oblivion [ə´bliviən] n.(被)忘却；漠视 (英语六级单词)


• pollute [pə´lu:t] vt.弄脏；败坏，玷污 (英语六级单词)