Well, good heavens, P.O.E. ought at least be brought to bear.
That thought occurred to me today while I was talking to some vets about the phrase “they also serve who stand and wait”. I always thought it to mean giving credit to those who didn’t necessarily see combat, but worked behind the lines.
I looked it up and it’s a quote from John Milton, the blind poet of the 1600s (Paradise Lost, etc.)
Nobody knew who I was talking about.
Then I started wondering just how much of Western Civ has been written out of our culture, academia, etc.
And not by accident.