Phaedra · 1677
Act V, Scene 4
Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell
[Theseus.]
THESEUS (alone).
What is there in her mind? What meaning lurks
In speech begun but to be broken short?
Would both deceive me with a vain pretence?
Have they conspired to put me to the torture?
And yet, despite my stern severity,
What plaintive voice cries deep within my heart?
A secret pity troubles and alarms me.
Oenone shall be questioned once again,
I must have clearer light upon this crime.
Guards, bid Oenone come, and come alone.
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Racine, Jean. Phaedra, Act V, Scene 4. Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/phaedra-boswell/27/.
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Racine, Jean. Phaedra, Act V, Scene 4. Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/phaedra-boswell/27/.