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PROMETHEUS BOUND
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Chorus
Say, didst thou push transgression further still?
Prometheus
Ay, man thro' me ceased to foreknow his death.
Chorus
What cure couldst thou discover for this curse?
Prometheus
Blind hopes I sent to nestle in man's heart.
Chorus
This was a goodly gift thou gavest them.
Prometheus
Yet more I gave them, even the boon of fire.
Chorus
What? radiant fire, to things ephemeral?
Prometheus
Yea—many an art too shall they learn thereby!
Chorus
Then, upon imputation of such guilt,
Doth Zeus without surcease torment thee thus?
Is there no limit to thy course of pain?
Prometheus
None, till his own will shall decree an end.
