Sir Philip Sidney
Rubens. Prometheus Bound, 1610.
Astrophel and Stella
[AJ Notes:
Gripe, vulture; ME for the gryphon, or griffin.
tire, tear.
him. fire, in Greek mythology, Prometheus, a Titan, stole fire from Zeus
and brought it to mankind. As punishment, he was bound to a rock, and
a vulture was set on him, to tear out his liver and eat it. The liver would
grow back and the process would repeat, forever.
Love, Cupid.
rhubarb words, rhubarb was used as a purgative (laxative); cathartic.
stayed, supported.]
Source:
A Sixteenth Century Anthology. Arthur Symons, Ed.
London: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1905. 147.
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