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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...which two? Set them before me--grant me power to choose. Prometheus. I grant it--choose now! shall I name aloud What griefs remain to wound thee, or what hand Shall save me out of mine? Chorus. Vouchsafe, O god, The one grace of the twain to her who prays, The next to me--and turn back neither prayer Dishonoured by denial. To herself Recount the future wandering of her feet; Then point me to the looser of thy chain Because I yearn to know him. Prometheus. Since ye will, Of absolute will, this knowledge, I will set No contrary against it, nor keep back A word of all ye ask for. Io, first To thee I must relate thy wandering course Far winding. As I tell it, write it down In thy soul's book of memories. When thou hast past The refluent bound that parts two continents, Track on the footsteps of the orient sun In his own fire--across the roar of seas,--Fly till thou hast reached the Gorgomean flats Beside Cisthene. There, the Phorcides, Three ancient maidens, live, with shape of swan, One tooth between them, and one common eye, On whom the sun doth never look at all With all his rays, nor evermore the moon, When she looks through the night! Anear to whom Are the Gorgon sisters three, enclothed with wings, With twisted snakes for ringlets, man-abhorred--There is no mortal gazes in their face, And gazing can breathe on. I speak of such To guard thee from their horror. Ay! and list Another tale of a dreadful sight! beware The Griffins, those unbarkiitg dogs of Zeus, Thoscsharp-inoutheddogs! and theArimaspian host Of one-eyed horsemen, habiting beside The river of Pluto that runs bright with gold. Approach them not, beseech thee. Presently Thou'lt come to a distant laud, a dusky tribe Of dwellers at the fountain of the Sun, "Whence flows the...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230429964
- ISBN 13 9781230429960
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages76
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