Those other two, equalled with me in fate So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling,... Paradise Lost - Page 69by John Milton - 1850 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
| Linguistics - 1982 - 168 pages
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| William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...equall'd with me in Fate, So were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus Prophets old. Then feed on...and in shadiest Covert hid Tunes her nocturnal Note. (21-40) The blindness of three of the poets and prophets listed was a punishment from the gods. Are... | |
| Anne Ferry - Poetry - 1983 - 207 pages
...the bird and blind bard — he fuses them in a single simile: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarie move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful Bird Sings...and in shadiest Covert hid Tunes her nocturnal Note. (Ill, 37-40) When the speaker as blind poet compares himself here to a bird whose song rises in the... | |
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