Re: Lets not forget Shelley. "Ye" vs "We"

[cbcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Carrol Cox)]

    I take this point up in detail in the long message I am sending bit
by bit as the rs6000 here lets me. But here: The last line (were Shelley
Guthrie) would be "We are many, they are few."  And there is a world
of difference between "you" and "we" in this context.

>
> Not to be outdone:
>     "And the bold, true warriors
>      Who have hugged Danger in wars
>      Will turn to those who would be free,
>      Ashamed of such base company.
>
>     "And that slaughter to the Nation
>      Shall steam up like inspiration,
>      Eloquent, oracular;
>      A volcano heard afar.
>
>     "And these words shall then become
>      Like oppression's thundered doom
>      Ringing through each heart and brain,
>      Heard again - again - again -
>
>     "Rise like lions after slumber
>      In unvanquishable number -
>      Shake your chains to earth like dew
>      Which in sleep have fallen on you -
>      Ye are many, they are few."
>
>         THE MASK OF ANARCHY 1819
>
>
>
> Bryan Alexander
> Department of English
> University of Michigan
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>
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