Antigone and Hæmon
Her blind, self-mutilated, misconstrued,
Unfortunate fraternal father dead,
Faithful Antigone returned toThebes.
She found her sibling Polynices slain,
With brother Eteocles, for the crown,
And left to rot upon the field. Her heart
Compelled their burial, despite Creon’s
Decree; and for this charity was strait
Immured, to die unfed.
But to her side
One loyal, honourable soul stepped near,
To bring her consolation to the last;
Brave Hæmon, her betrothed, who steadfastly
Had waited her return from exile and now chose
To share the tragic torment of her sad life’s close.
