I too may haply smile another day
At the far recollection of this lay,
When God may call me in your midst to dwell,
To hear your most sweet music's miracle
And see your wondrous faces. May it be!
For his remembered sake, the Slain on rood,
Who rolled his earthly garment red in blood
(Treading the wine-press) that the weak, like me,
Before his heavenly throne should walk in white.
PROMETHEUS BOUND
FROM THE GREEK OF ÆSCHYLUS
PERSONS.
Prometheus.
Oceanus.
Hermes.
Hephæstus.
Io, daughter of Inachus.
Strength and Force.
Chorus of Sea Nymphs.
PROMETHEUS BOUND
Scene.—Strength and Force, Hephæstus and Prometheus, at the Rocks.