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Tiresias
By Thomas Woolner
Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)
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TIRESIAS
TO EMILY KEY.
1.
PART FIRST
I.
BOOK I. TIRESIAS.
II.
BOOK II. CHARICLO.
III.
BOOK III. TIRESIAS.
IV.
BOOK IV. CHARICLO AND TIRESIAS.
2.
PART SECOND
I.
BOOK I. CHARICLO AND TIRESIAS. THE BIRDS.
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[I saw thee, as the storm grew nigh]
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[In and out the boughs about]
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II.
BOOK II. TIRESIAS. SONG OF IMAGINATION
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“The other eagle snapped her angry beak,
‘I grieve these sheepclad know the use of bows,
Or we might rule them as befits their worth!’
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Scoffed she, and flapped her widespread wings. I heard
Both then wing inland to the mountains far.”
Tiresias