"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 | + | 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 | + | 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=== | ||
