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Œdipus, The blind distracted wanderer, whose crime Predestined and involuntary, seems Trivial compared to thine, from Pluto's realms Shall rend Olympus with his thrilling groans, His bitter accusation, should the gods Receive oblations from thy guilty hand. Orestes lashed by furies shall arise To plead against thee: Justice armed his hand, And blood demanded blood! Shalt thou escape The indignation of the gods, unloose The sacred bonds of nature, and with hymns And sacrifice of bulls, and glittering gems Appease the outraged deities?—Despair!

I will not be denied. Where are your rites Your deep enchantments and mysterious spells, The smoking incense that ascends to heaven, The magic frenzy that compels to earth