Herm. Thee do I speak to,—thee, the teacher wise,

The bitterly o'er-bitter, who 'gainst Gods

Hast sinned in giving gifts to short-lived men—

I speak to thee, the filcher of bright fire.

The Father bids thee say what marriage thou

Dost vaunt, and who shall hurl Him from his might;

And this too not in dark mysterious speech,

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But tell each point out clearly. Give me not,

Prometheus, task of double journey. Zeus