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The Blind Boy. O SAY what is that thing call’d Light, Which I must ne’er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright; I feel him warm, but how can he. Or make it day or night? My day or night myself I make. Whene’er I sleep or play;
The Blind Boy. by Colley Cibber. O say what is that thing called light, Which I can ne'er enjoy? What is the blessing of the sight? O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wond'rous things you see, You say the sun shines bright! I feel him warm, but how can he.
May 13, 2011 · The Blind Boy. Colley Cibber 1671 (Southampton Street, London) – 1757 (Berkeley Square) O SAY what is that thing call’d Light, Which I must ne’er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright; I feel him warm, but how can he. Or make it day or night?
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May 13, 2011 · An analysis of the The Blind Boy poem by Colley Cibber including schema, poetic form, metre, stanzas and plenty more comprehensive statistics.
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- Quatrain
- Iambic tetrameter
- ABAB CACA DEDE XFXF XBXB
The Blind Boy. O SAY what is that thing call'd Light, Which I must ne'er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright; I feel him warm, but how can he. Or make it day or night? My day or night myself I make. Whene'er I sleep or play;
The Blind Boy. O SAY what is that thing call’d Light, Which I must ne’er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright; I feel him warm, but how can he. Or make it day or night?
English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. Colley Cibber. 282. The Blind Boy. O SAY what is that thing call’d Light, Which I must ne’er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, O tell your poor blind boy!
