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HYPSIPYLE: TAKE LIFE AS IT COMES by EURIPIDES

First Line: ACCEPT THE COUNSEL THAT I OFFER, LADY
Last Line: NOTHING IS DREAD THAT FATE MAKES NECESSARY.

ACCEPT the counsel that I offer, lady.
No mortal is born free from suffering: --
He buries children, and begets him new,
And also dies himself. And yet men grieve
At bringing earth to earth! It is Fate's will
To reap Life's harvest like the fruited ear,
That one should be, one not. Where is there cause
For grief, when only 'tis the path of Nature?
Nothing is dread that Fate makes necessary.



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