| Seccombe and Arber, comps. Elizabethan Sonnets. 1904. | | | | Sonnets and Poetical Translations | | XVII. Prometheus, when first from heaven high | | Sir Edward Dyer (1543–1607) |
| | Sonnet by [Sir] E[DWARD]. D[YER].
PROMETHEUS, when first from heaven high, | |
| He brought down fire, ere then on earth not seen; | |
| Fond of delight, a Satyr, standing by, | |
| Gave it a kiss, as it like sweet had been. | |
| Feeling forthwith the other burning power, | 5 |
| Wood with the smart, with shouts and shrieking shrill, | |
| He sought his ease in river, field, and bower; | |
| But, for the time, his grief went with him still. | |
| So, silly I, with that unwonted sight, | |
| In human shape an Angel from above | 10 |
| Feeding mine eyes, the impression there did light; | |
| That since, I run and rest as pleaseth love. | |
| The difference is, the Satyr’s lips, my heart; | |
| He, for a while; I evermore have smart. | | | | |
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