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PROMETHEUS BOUND
Strength
Then cast them round his arms and with sheer strength
Swing down the hammer, clinch him to the crags.
Hephaestus
Lo, 'tis toward—no weakness in the work!
Strength
Smite harder, wedge it home—no faltering here!
He hath a craft can pass th' impassable!
Hephaestus
This arm is fast, inextricably bound.
Strength
Then shackle safe the other, that he know
His utmost craft is weaker far than Zeus.
Hephaestus
He, but none other, can accuse mine art!
Strength
Now, strong and sheer, drive thro' from breast to back
The adamantine wedge's stubborn fang.
Hephaestus
Alas, Prometheus! I lament thy pain.
