[207] Prometheus.
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Bedecke deinen Himmel, Zevs,
Mit Wolkendunst,
Und übe, dem Knaben gleich,
Der Disteln köpft,
5 An Eichen dich und Bergeshöhn;
Müßt mir meine Erde...
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From the Greek by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
From “Prometheus”
O HOLY Æther, and swift-winged Winds,
And River-wells, and laughter innumerous
Of yon Sea-waves! Earth, mother of us all,
And all-viewing cyclic Sun, I cry on you,—
Behold me a god, what I endure from gods!
Behold, with throe on throe,
How, wasted by this... -
Thou brave old Titan, that in chains didst lie,
Bound to the rock on the Caucasian hill,
Who by sublime endurance didst defy
Imperial Jove and all his shapes of ill;
As I invoke thy spirit here to-day, --
From the old Pagan world thou speak'st to me,
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