"The Fire Sermon" Annotations
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==William Shakespeare== | ==William Shakespeare== | ||
| − | The lines 173-174 allude to Ophelia's death in [[Hamlet (Act IV Scene VII)]]. | + | The lines 173-174 allude to Ophelia's death in [[''Hamlet'' (Act IV Scene VII)]]. |
[T]he last fingers of leaf | [T]he last fingers of leaf | ||
Clutch and sink into the wet bank | Clutch and sink into the wet bank | ||
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| + | Line 257 alludes to [[''The Tempest'' (Act I Scene II)]] | ||
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| + | "This music crept by me upon the waters" | ||
==Edmund Spenser== | ==Edmund Spenser== | ||
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Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea, | Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea, | ||
The typist home at teatime | The typist home at teatime | ||
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| + | ==Oedipus the King== | ||
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| + | 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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| + | I who have sat by Thebes below the wall | ||
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| + | ==Oliver Goldsmith== | ||
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| + | Allusion to [[''The Vicar of Wakefield'']] | ||
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| + | When lovely woman stoops to folly | ||
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| + | ==Thames Daughters== | ||
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| + | Song of the Thames daughters (also known as the Rhine daughters), who were nymphs who sang a song to guard the Rhine gold. The owner of the gold could rule the world, but would have to give up love and live in eternal desolation. | ||
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| + | ::Weialala leia | ||
| + | ::Wallala leialala | ||
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| + | ==St. Augustine== | ||
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| + | Allusion to [[''Confessions'']] | ||
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| + | To Carthage then I came | ||
