[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on "Lying," Richard Wilbur.

Matthew LaPine has left a new comment on your post ""Lying," Richard Wilbur":

I have to admit, I'm not completely sure. It's obviously a lie of some sort, but my knowledge of Gascony during Charlemagne is too limited to say anything more specific. I wondered if The Song of Roland would clear it up, but I didn't notice anything obvious.



Posted by Matthew LaPine to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 10:23 AM

[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on "Lying," Richard Wilbur.

helenwallis has left a new comment on your post ""Lying," Richard Wilbur":

This is a wonderful poem, and Richard Wilbur is a wonderful poet! But I'm puzzled by the lines at the end about something that "worked three hundred years or more in the dark caves of France". I get that Roland was defending a baggage carriage that belonged to Charlemagne, but what worked 300 or more years in French caves I've asked two retired English professors about the lines, and neither of them had a clue. Do you?



Posted by helenwallis to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 9:14 PM