"Hither, Chimera! rest awhile!"
The Chimera. "No! never!"
The Sphinx. "Do not run so fast, do not fly so high, do not bark so loudly!"
The Chimera. "Do not call me!—call me no more; since thou must remain forever dumb."
The Sphinx. "Cease casting thy flames in my face, and uttering thy yells in my ear: thou canst not melt my granite."
The Chimera. "Thou shalt not seize me, terrible sphinx!"
The Sphinx. "Thou art too mad to dwell with me!"
The Chimera. "Thou art too heavy to follow me!"
The Sphinx. "Yet whither goest thou, that thou shouldst run so fast?"