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Tiresias
By Thomas Woolner
Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)
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TIRESIAS
TO EMILY KEY.
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PART FIRST
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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“As you may well divine, O Chariclo,
Few are the cares lodged in that buoyant breast:
His mate, the sunshine, and his little ones;
His transport in the light when ether-poised,
The cadences that alternate his song!
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