Question

Did you admire my lamp quoth he As much as i your minstrelsy...What is the speaker's state of mind here?

Answer 1

Explanation:

ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴅᴍɪʀᴇ ᴍʏ ʟᴀᴍᴘ,' ϙᴜᴏᴛʜ ʜᴇ, 'ᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ɪ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴsᴛʀᴇʟsʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀʙʜᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ, ᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ɪ ᴛᴏ sᴘᴏɪʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴏɴɢ, ғᴏʀ 'ᴛᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ sᴇʟғ-sᴀᴍᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ sɪɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ sʜɪɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ, ɪ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟɪɢʜᴛ, ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪғʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ

Answer 2

Explanation:

Did you admire my lamp,' quoth he, 'As much as I your minstrelsy, You would abhor to do me wrong, As much as I to spoil your song, For 'twas the self-same power divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine, That you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night.