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PROMETHEUS BOUND.
Antistrophe.
The wedded spouse of Jove!
And never may a bridegroom woo me.
Of those who dwell above!
Because I fear, beholding late
Io's spouse-hating virgin state,
Tortured by Juno with a wand'ring fate.
Epode.
The eyes of mightiest gods, which I can flee not,
Their love upon me fling!
Quenchless the strife, impassable the way!
I know not what I should become; I see not
How I should 'scape Saturnius' counselling.
Pro. And yet, albeit absolute of mind,
Jove shall wax weak. A marriage he prepares,
T' accomplish which, shall hurl him power-extinct
