Thy fate, Prometheus;

The neighbouring tribes of holy Asia weep

For thee, Prometheus;[n29]

For thee and thine! names mighty and revered

Of yore, now shamed, dishonoured, and cast down,

And chained with thee.

STROPHE II.

And Colchis, with her belted daughters, weeps

For thee, Prometheus;

And Scythian tribes, on Earth’s remotest verge,