...circumstances of blank, rayless desolation — poised on his own supreme spirituality — have loftily fed " on thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers,...in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note." All minds must be impressed by the strange excelling appositeness of the " similitude" in this case....

...equall'd with me in fate iki were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyrk, and blind Maeonides; 35 Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling,...the year 40 Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...

...equal'd with me in fate, So were I equal'd with them in renown ! Blind Thamyris, and blind Meeonides ; 35 And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then...the year 40 Seasons return : but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...

...equal'd with me in fate, So were I equal'd with them in renown ! Blind Thamyris, and blind Mceonides ; 35 And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then...the year 40 Seasons return : but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or mom? Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or...

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...equalled with them in renown !_ 25 Blind Thamaris, and blind Maeonides ; And Tyresias, and Phyneus, prophets old : — Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary...bird Sings darkling, and. in shadiest covert hid, 30 Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the...

...equal'd with them in renown ! Blind Thamyris, and blind Mseonides ; 35 And Tiresias, and Plane us, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary...the year 40 Seasons return : but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...

...Phineus on account of the prosody, and read the line thus :— Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old; Then feed...darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.1 Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even,...

...nequt are frequently the same as et non. 34. So: In like manner. Oh, that I were in like manner, &c. And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old : Then feed...wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Ithaca Tiraias : A celebrated Theban prophet, of the cause of whoso blindness various accounts are...

...numbers in some places the better to set off the musical flow of those which immediately follow. — N. Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year 40 Seasons...morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or f >cks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark 45 Surrounds me, from...