PROMETHEUS BOUND
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Prometheus.
Revel, forsooth!
I would my enemies might hold such revels
And thou amongst the first.
Hermes.
Dost thou blame me
For thy misfortunes?
Prometheus.
I hate all the Gods,
Because, having received good at my hands,
They have rewarded me with evil.
Hermes.
This
Proves thee stark mad!
Prometheus.
Mad as you please, if hating
Your enemies is madness.
Chorus.
Were all well
With thee, thou'dst be insufferable!
Prometheus.
Alas!
Hermes.
Alas, that Zeus knows not that word, Alas!
Prometheus.
But ageing Time teacheth all knowledge.
Hermes.
Time
Hath not yet taught thy rash, imperious will
Over wild impulse to win mastery.
