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Rh To thee, Prometheus, I complain, And bring a Heart as full of Pain.

Prom. From Jupiter spring all our Woes,
 * Thetis is Jove's, who once was thine:

'Tis vain, O Peleus, to oppose
 * Thy Torturerand mine.
 * Contented with Despair,
 * O wretched Man! resign

Whom you adore, or else prepare
 * For change of Torments, great as mine.
 * 'Tis vain, O Peleus, to oppose
 * Thy Torturer and mine.

Pel. In change of Torment would be Ease;
 * Cou'd you divine what Lovers bear,

Even you, Prometheus, wou'd confess
 * There is no Vulture like Despair.

Prom. Cease, cruel Vulture, to devour. Pel. Cease, cruel Thetis, to disdain.
 * enters.
 * The. Peleus, unjustly you complain.
 * Prom. Cease, cruel Vulture, to devour.
 * Pel. Cease, cruel Thetis, to disdain.
 * The. Peleus, unjustly you complain.
 * The Gods, alas! no Refuge find,

From Ills resistless Fates ordain:
 * I still am trueAnd wou'd be kind.

Pel.