Prometheus, I have no Titan's might, Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart, For daytime's vulture … - Philip Jose Farmer

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Ah, Miss Harriet, it would do us no harm to remember oftener than we do, that vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Philip Jose Farmer

Prometheus, I have no Titan's might, Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart, For daytime's vulture talons tear apart The tender alcoves built by love at night.

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