His flesh shall tear; no pious hand shall pile

The fresh green mound, no wailing notes for him

Be lifted shrill, no tearful friends attend

His funeral march. Thus they who rule in Thebes

Have strictly ordered.

Antigone.

Go thou back, and give

This message to the rulers.—If none other

Will grant the just interment to my brother

Myself will bury him. The risk I reck not,