...were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Majonides, And Tyresias and Phineas, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary...numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year. Seasons return, but not to me returns...

...hallow 'd feet: and warbling flow, INighlly I visit ; nor sometimes forget Those other two equall'd with me in fate, So were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, 35 And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old: Then feed on thoughts , that voluntary move Harmonious...

...were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Fhineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary...numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns...

...of Orpheus ; and our own Milton places him by the side of Homer ; saying, " Those other two equall'd with me in fate, " So were I equall'd with them in renown, " Blind Thamyris and blind Mffionides." The third name, Orpheus, is more familiar to our ears ; but rather because it has been...

...me in fate, So were I equaled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Msonides, And Tyresias, and Phineus, prophets old: Then feed on thoughts,...numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Season:) return, but not to me returns...

...me in fate, So were I equal'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Mseonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts,...numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and iu shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns...

...affecting passages in which he refers to his own blindness, mentions — " Those other two equall*d with me in fate, So were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Meeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old." Paradise Lost, Book iii. " Then in his lair the...

...passages in which he refers to his own blindness, mentions — NOTES. 387 " Those other two equall'd with me in fate, So were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tin-sins and Phineus, prophets old." Paradise Lost, Book iii. " Then in his lair the...

...the muses haunt Clear spring or shady grove * * * * * * nor sometimes forget Those other two equall'd with me in fate. So were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Mseonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old ; There feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious...

...me in fate, So were I equal'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts,...numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal pote. Thus with the year Seasons return , but not to me returns...