Sophocles, Philoctetes
Robert Torrance, Ed.

chorus
Child, be assured that the gods will attend to that.
When you reply to me next,
845speak softly, softly, O my child,
the tone of the words you utter:
the sleep of men who are ill is light
and quick to perceive.
Now be especially careful to
850take no possible chances here:
do it, do it secretly,
You know what I am speaking of
But if you follow some other plan,
a man of discretion can see only danger.