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A gathering of spirits, and the ultimate goal of the Lyceum original: "Lycæi" — referring to the Lyceum, the ancient Athenian school founded by Aristotle; here it represents the pinnacle of academic achievement.,
Where no work should enter unless it be most holy.
This is a catalog of heroes, and the all-knowing offspring of the mind;
A repository Theca: a chest, case, or library shelf; here personified as a living container for the soul animated by its own spirit.
The vast praise of Bodley, and a more expansive funeral urn for him who is buried,
In which his own death found life, and Death itself found its own end.
From here, broken, Death took to flight, and with its arrows spent,
The empty quiver alone filled its hands.
No voice is equal to you: while you labor to house original: "Condere" — a play on words meaning both "to establish/found" and "to bury/entomb." Bodley "buries" the Muses in his library to keep them safe. the Muse,
You have performed a deed which she herself does not know how to voice.