All 5 Uses of
zeal
in
Oedipus the King
- My zeal in your behalf ye cannot doubt; Ruthless indeed were I and obdurate If such petitioners as you I spurned.†
*zeal = active interest and enthusiasm
- for thy zeal of yore Our country's savior thou art justly hailed: O never may we thus record thy reign:— "He raised us up only to cast us down."†
- OEDIPUS Here too my zeal has nothing lagged, for twice At Creon's instance have I sent to fetch him, And long I marvel why he is not here.†
- I know thou mean'st me well, And yet would'st mitigate and blunt my zeal.†
- But O may Heaven the true patriot keep Who burns with emulous zeal to serve the State.†