| Our life is ours to use, and we that debt must pay. |
| —Act. IV. |
| Pierre Corneille |
Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 2
Polyeucte
Pierre Corneille
Corneille’s last great tragedy, and considered by many his finest work, Polyeucte tells the story of a born-again Christian seeking a martyr’s death, and his wife who is in love with another man.
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TRANSLATED BY THOMAS CONSTABLE
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001