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PROMETHEUS UNBOUND.
ACT II.
I desire: and their speed makes night kindle;
I fear: they outstrip the typhoon;
Ere the cloud piled on Atlas can dwindle
We encircle the earth and the moon.
We shall rest from long labours at noon;
Then ascend with me, daughter of Ocean.
SCENE V.
The Car pauses within a Cloud on the Top of a snowy
Mountain. ASIA, PANTHEA, and the SPIRIT OF THE
HOUR.
Mountain. ASIA, PANTHEA, and the SPIRIT OF THE
HOUR.
Spirit.
My coursers are wont to respire;
But the Earth has just whispered a warning
That their flight must be swifter than fire:
They shall drink the hot speed of desire!
Asia. Thou breathest on their nostrils, but my breath
Would give them swifter speed.
