Prometheus Bound.
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Hermes.
By what I hear, not slight thy madness is.
Prometheus.
Mad let me be, if to hate foes be madness.
Hermes.
Unbearable wert thou if prosperous. 1000
Prometheus.
Alas!
Hermes.
That word, I trow, Zeus knoweth not.
Prometheus.
Time as it waxeth old can all things teach.
Hermes.
But thou not yet hast sober wisdom learned.
Prometheus.
Else I with thee, a menial, had not talked.
Hermes.
It seems thou'lt answer nought the sire demands.
Prometheus.
Grace since I owe him, grace must I repay.
Hermes.
Thou floutest me as though a child I were!
Prometheus.
Art not a child, ay, simpler than a child,
If thou expectest aught to learn from me?
