Euripides - Gatekeepers lyrics

[Male voice] Why are you standing here all alone in front of the Gates and moaning to yourself over your misfortune? Why are you standing here, alone, in front of the gates? [Male voice 2] When the wars are done The poet speaks with equal persuasiveness On the wastes and misery that follow great conflicts And pleads for tranquil times [Male Voice 2] Two loves I have, of comfort and despair Which like two spirits do suggest me still The better angel is a man right fair The worser spirit a woman coloured ill [Male Voice 3] How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live When this is known, then to divide the times: So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will ean: So many years ere I shall shear the fleece: So minutes, hours, days, months, and years Pa**'d over to the end they were created Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave Ah, what a life were this! how sweet! how lovely!