[Phys-L] Lit. crit. Was: Re: Eureka!

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

If one assumes die is an archaism [a dysphemism in Elizabethan England],
   the last line is quite logical.

bc, who thinks the two works are apples and oranges.

Why I love * this list

* another trope


John M Clement wrote:

> Beyond the mix up in authors,
>
> the Indian Serenade has the sappiest line
> O lift me from the grass!
>    I die! I faint! I fail!
>
> So first he dies, then faints, or just merely fails.  This is
> completely weak.  He had to be under the influence to write this.  It
> actually sounds like a dream written by a very droopy lover.
>
>   By contrast Kublai Khan is very literate with great images and one
> really doubts that it could have been written under the influence.
>
> In either case accounts of dreams as inspiration are to be taken with
> a grain of salt.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
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