 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, a poem. 2nd Scots ed - Page 62by John Milton - 1746Full view - About this book
 | Eleanor Cook - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 352 pages
...habits, which are philomelic, and their singing habits, which are also philomelic — like Milton's own: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful Bird Sings darkling. (37-39; my emphasis)^1 It may also be that "They rolled their r's, there, in the land of the citrons"... | |
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