Praise in old time the sage Prometheus won, <br />Who stole ethereal radiance from the sun; <br />But greater he, whose bold invention strove <br />To emulate the fiery bolts of Jove.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epigram-on-the-inventor-of-gunpowder-translated-from-milton/
