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SCENE III.
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.
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It is the unpastured sea hungering for calm.
Peace, monster; I come now. Farewell.

Apollo.Farewell.

SCENE III.


Caucasus. PROMETHEUS, HERCULES, IONE, the EARTH,
SPIRITS, ASIA, and PANTHEA, borne in the car with
the SPIRIT OF THE HOUR.
HERCULES unbinds PROMETHEUS, who descends.

Herc. Most glorious among spirits, thus doth strength
To wisdom, courage, and long-suffering love,
And thee, who art the form they animate,
Minister like a slave.

Pro.Thy gentle words
Are sweeter even than freedom long desired
And long delayed.
Asia, thou light of life,
Shadow of beauty unbeheld; and ye,
Fair sister nymphs, who made long years of pain