Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical

by John D. Quackenbos

The neighboring tribes of holy Asia weep

For thee, Prometheus.

For thee and thine! names mighty and revered

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

And chained with thee.

STROPHE.

And Colchis, with her belted daughters, weeps

For thee, Prometheus;

And Scythian tribes, on earth’s remotest verge,

Where lone Mæotis[30] spreads her wintry waters,