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PROMETHEUS BOUND.
And the Tartarean depth caliginous.
Therefore take counsel: this is not a boast,
Vainly devised, but actually denounced.
The lips of Jove are impotent to lie,
And consummation waiteth on the word.
Weigh well and ponder: thou shouldst not esteem
Self-will a better guide than prudent counsel.
Cho. Hermes appears to us to argue well:
For he exhorts thee to deliver up
Self-willedness, and seek for prudent counsel.
Yield thou: the error of the wise is shame.
Prometheus.
To me, foreknowing all.
For those who hate, to injure those who hate,
Not strangely doth befal.
Then let the shaggy lightning be 26
With double sharpness cast on me!
