"The Fire Sermon" Annotations

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  But at my back in a cold blast I hear  
 
  But at my back in a cold blast I hear  
 
  The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
 
  The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
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==Stanza 2==
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==Stanza 3==
  
 
===[[Ovid]]===
 
===[[Ovid]]===
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  So rudely forc'd.
 
  So rudely forc'd.
 
  Tereu
 
  Tereu
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==Stanza 4==
  
 
===Charles [[Baudelaire]]===
 
===Charles [[Baudelaire]]===
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  Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants
 
  Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants
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==Stanza 5==
  
 
===[[Tiresias]]===
 
===[[Tiresias]]===
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==Oedipus the King==
 
==Oedipus the King==
  
Reference to Oedipus the king of Thebes.  A prophet correctly predicted that he wouldd unwittingly kill his father and marry his mother.  After solving the Sphinx’s riddle, he was made king.
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Reference to Oedipus the king of Thebes.  A prophet correctly predicted that he would unwittingly kill his father and marry his mother.  After solving the Sphinx’s riddle, he was made king.
  
I who have sat by Thebes below the wall  
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I who have sat by Thebes below the wall  
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==Stanza 6==
  
 
===Oliver Goldsmith===
 
===Oliver Goldsmith===
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  When lovely woman stoops to folly
 
  When lovely woman stoops to folly
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==Stanza 7==
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==Stanza 8==
  
 
===Thames Daughters===
 
===Thames Daughters===

Revision as of 20:07, 10 September 2012

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