There was the girl, screaming like an angry bird,
When it finds its nest left empt and little ones gone." - Sentry

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other
But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene, Antigone (The Theban Plays) by Sophocles

May the dead forgive me, I can do no other
But as I am commanded; to do more is madness." - Ismene

Leave me to my own absurdity.

It is a foul bird that fills his own nest

There is no more deadly peril than disobedience;
States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins,
Armies defeated, victory turned to rout.
White simple obedience saves the lives of hundreds
Of honest folk." - Creon