Ere Babylon was dust, The Magus Zoroaster, my dead child, Met his own image walking in the garden. That apparition, sole of men, he saw.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Zoroaster met his own image as a vision in the garden.
- In plain terms
- An ancient prophet saw himself walking alone.
- What can you take from it?
- Prophets see visions of themselves.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does seeing yourself mean?
- Are visions real?
Another view
This describes a specific myth not general truth.
More from Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visa…
Permalink to quote #66 In each human heart terror survives The ravin it has gorged: the loftiest fear All that they would disdain to think were true: Hypocrisy and custom make their …
Permalink to quote #68 It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation, that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion; and that the sight of i…
Permalink to quote #65
Related quotes
If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of exi…
Romain RollandRomain Rolland quote #2 Though I was satisfied that I was on the verge of perhaps a magnificent find, probably one of the missing tombs that I had been seeking for many years, I was m…
Howard CarterHoward Carter quote #2 A car coughed, starting. Morning softly Melting the air, lifted the half-covered chair From underseas, kindled the looking-glass, Distinguished the dresser and…
Delmore SchwartzDelmore Schwartz quote #3