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"Histories of Modern Poetry"
(I) PROMETHEUS
It was the south: mid-everything,
Mid-land, mid-summer, 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.
(II) THETIS
In her bright title poets dare / What the wild eye of fancy sees -- / Similitude -- the clear, the fair / Light mystery of images.
Round the blue sea I love the best / The argent foam played, slender, fleet; / I saw -- past Wordsworth and the rest -- / Her natural, Greek, and silver feet.