Self-willed thou hast respect to man, Prometheus,
Much more than man deserveth.
STROPHE II.
For what is man?[f12] behold!
Can he requite thy love—child of a day—
Or help thy extreme need? Hast thou not seen
The blind and aimless strivings,
The barren blank endeavour,
The pithless deeds, of the fleeting dreamlike race?
Never, O nevermore,