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PROMETHEUS BOUND.
Scene in European Scythia. Rocks facing the
Euxine Sea.
Strength. We have attain'd the utmost bound of earth,
The Scythian way, th' unpeopled wilderness;
And now it fits thee, Vulcan, to perform
The father's will; and this audacious god
Fix to the lofty-browëd rocks, by links
Infrangible of adamantine chains.
Thy crown, the glory of constructive fire,
Stole he, and gave to men; for which offence
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