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First Line: It was the south: mid-everything
Last Line: Prometheus the forgiven.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Prometheus


IT was the south: mid-everything,
Mid-land, midsummer, noon;
And deep within a limpid spring
The mirrored sun of June.

Splendour in freshness! Ah, who stole
This sun, this fire, from heaven?
He holds it shining in his soul,
Prometheus the forgiven.





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