 | Tiresias |  |
“'Tis clear to man they pay scant reverence,
Tho' round his homes they ever congregate.”
“Yes, they despise but never scorn to use
The toil of men, born but to turn the soil
And lay exposed the luscious worms for them!
Strange notionsmove them: singly, each conceives
Himself a cypher; but the commonwealth,
Ardent and daring, will they all uphold,
And their awakened anger in assault.
As they have boasted, even eagles flee!”
Tho' round his homes they ever congregate.”
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The toil of men, born but to turn the soil
And lay exposed the luscious worms for them!
Strange notionsmove them: singly, each conceives
Himself a cypher; but the commonwealth,
Ardent and daring, will they all uphold,
And their awakened anger in assault.
As they have boasted, even eagles flee!”
| Tiresias | |