Note 6 — THE LETTERS OF ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT 1845-1846 (continued 11)
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[‘Oh, think no more That I, fear-struck by Zeus to a woman’s mind Will supplicate him, loathèd as he is, With feminine upliftings of my hands, To break these chains. Far from me be the thought! Chorus. Our Hermes suits his reasons to the times; At least I think so.’ Æschylus, Prometheus, 1002-6, 1036-7.]