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Chorus.
Who then as helmsman can direct The Must?
Prometheus.
The triple Fates and the unforgetting Furies.
Chorus.
And is Zeus then less powerful than these?
Prometheus.
That which is destined he can not escape. 535 (526)
Chorus.
But what is destined Zeus save still to reign?
Prometheus.
That may ye not learn now. Press me no more.
Chorus.
'Tis sure portentous, what thou thus dost cloak.
Prometheus.
Turn to some other topic, for of this
'Tis now no time to speak, but hidden close 540 (531)
To the utmost should it be: for hoarding it
I shall escape these shaming bonds and pangs.
