FastSaying

No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought; henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen; now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.

Sophocles

Sophocles

BeholdDeedsHenceforwardNoQuenchedShallSightsSufferedWoeWrought

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