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Thou thief of fire—it is to thee I speak.
The father bids thee show what marriage this
Thou pratest of so bigly, and by whom 984 (969)
Himself shall be cast down from power. And see
Thou speak not darkly, but from point to point.
So now, Prometheus, give me not two journeys:
Thou seest such ways do nothing soften Zeus.
Prometheus.
The speech, in sooth, is of portentous phrase
And prideful for a varlet to the gods. 990 (975)
Ye are new in a new rule, and yet ye think
To dwell in an untroubled citadel.
Have I not seen two tyrants driven thence?
And a third, even him now reigning, I shall view
Driven forth the quickest and the shamefullest. 995 (980)
Say, do I seem to thee to shake or cringe
Before these upstart gods? That's far from me;
Beyond all thinking. But thou, by the road
That brought thee here, take thyself back again,
For thou'lt learn nought of what thou questionest me. 1000 (984)
