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Post by Pacifica on Jan 22, 2024 19:47:32 GMT
Manfred
By George Gordon, Lord Byron
Act I
SCENE I. MANFRED alone -- Scene, a Gothic gallery -- Time, Midnight.
MANFRED
The lamp must be replenish'd, but even then
It will not burn so long as I must watch:
My slumbers -- if I slumber -- are not sleep,
But a continuance of enduring thought,
Which then I can resist not: in my heart
There is a vigil, and these eyes but close
To _______ _______; and yet I live, and bear
The aspect and the form of breathing men.
But grief should be the instructor of the wise;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
_______ and _______, and the springs
Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world,
I have essayed, and in my mind there is
A power to make these subject to itself--
But they _______ not: I have done men good,
And I have met with good even among men--
But this _______ not: I have had my foes,
And none have baffled, many fallen before me--
But this _______ not: -- Good, or evil, life,
Powers, passions, all I see in other beings,
Have been to me as rain unto the _______,
Since that all-nameless hour. I have no dread,
And feel the curse to have no natural fear,
Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes,
Or lurking love of something on the earth.--
Now to my _______.--
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 19:53:22 GMT
To peer again
Doesn't seem like a good way to phrase it.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 19:53:33 GMT
To better see
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 19:54:24 GMT
Now to my office
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 22, 2024 20:00:13 GMT
Close. Not close, but at least it's the right part of speech. |
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:01:14 GMT
To look inside
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:03:41 GMT
unto the fire
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:06:59 GMT
Nah. More often than not it would be the opposite of what I mean. I'm trying to convey the idea that "none of this matters". |
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 22, 2024 20:14:38 GMT
Manfred
By George Gordon, Lord Byron
Act I
SCENE I. MANFRED alone -- Scene, a Gothic gallery -- Time, Midnight.
MANFRED
The lamp must be replenish'd, but even then
It will not burn so long as I must watch:
My slumbers -- if I slumber -- are not sleep,
But a continuance of enduring thought,
Which then I can resist not: in my heart
There is a vigil, and these eyes but close
To look _______; and yet I live, and bear
The aspect and the form of breathing men.
But grief should be the instructor of the wise;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
_______ and _______, and the springs
Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world,
I have essayed, and in my mind there is
A power to make these subject to itself--
But they _______ not: I have done men good,
And I have met with good even among men--
But this _______ not: I have had my foes,
And none have baffled, many fallen before me--
But this _______ not: -- Good, or evil, life,
Powers, passions, all I see in other beings,
Have been to me as rain unto the _______,
Since that all-nameless hour. I have no dread,
And feel the curse to have no natural fear,
Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes,
Or lurking love of something on the earth.--
Now to my _______.--
One of your other guesses is very close.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:21:01 GMT
To look within
Correct or not, I had a brain bug; I thought it didn't scan.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:22:20 GMT
unto the flames
In case it was the other one.
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 22, 2024 20:30:29 GMT
Manfred
By George Gordon, Lord Byron
Act I
SCENE I. MANFRED alone -- Scene, a Gothic gallery -- Time, Midnight.
MANFRED
The lamp must be replenish'd, but even then
It will not burn so long as I must watch:
My slumbers -- if I slumber -- are not sleep,
But a continuance of enduring thought,
Which then I can resist not: in my heart
There is a vigil, and these eyes but close
To look within; and yet I live, and bear
The aspect and the form of breathing men.
But grief should be the instructor of the wise;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
_______ and _______, and the springs
Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world,
I have essayed, and in my mind there is
A power to make these subject to itself--
But they _______ not: I have done men good,
And I have met with good even among men--
But this _______ not: I have had my foes,
And none have baffled, many fallen before me--
But this _______ not: -- Good, or evil, life,
Powers, passions, all I see in other beings,
Have been to me as rain unto the _______,
Since that all-nameless hour. I have no dread,
And feel the curse to have no natural fear,
Nor fluttering throb, that beats with hopes or wishes,
Or lurking love of something on the earth.--
Now to my _______.--
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Post by Pacifica on Jan 22, 2024 20:31:48 GMT
So far you've been filling in the blanks in the order in which they appear.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:37:46 GMT
I'm afraid the trend will stop here because I have no idea for the following blank.
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Post by kizolk on Jan 22, 2024 20:39:52 GMT
In fact I'm not sure how "essayed" works. I assume it means something like "to try", but "to try the springs of wonder" is a little weird. Maybe "essayed" means "tried to reach"?
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