Creon.—Thou must not think

To have thy way in all things all thy life.

Thou hadst it once, yet went it ill with thee.

Chorus.—Ye men of Thebes, behold this Œdipus,

Who knew the famous riddle[32] and was noblest,

Who envied no one’s fortune and success:

And lo! in what a sea of direst woe

He now is plunged. From hence the lesson draw,

To reckon no man happy till ye see

The closing day; until lie pass the bourn