Prometheus Unbound
Americannoun
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A favorite motto of his was a quotation from Shelley's Prometheus Unbound; one should, he said, ...hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
From Time Magazine Archive
An effort of memory is required to recall that the man under discussion is the author of Adonais and Prometheus Unbound.
From Time Magazine Archive
What fitter monument could Shelley have than Prometheus Unbound, bearing the torch of freedom?
From Time Magazine Archive
His two dramas, the "Cenci" and "Prometheus Unbound," were issued, the former in 1819, the latter in 1821.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
Might I not, with health and good luck to aid me, create some new Prometheus Unbound; Patrick or Columbkil, Oisin or Fion, in Prometheus’ stead; and, instead of Caucasus, Cro-Patric or Ben Bulben?
From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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