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Question: i need help deciphering a line, the line is "and live for that honour to stoop to the now"

Answer: I think that the clue is to be found in what precedes it. When, who---who did dare To tie for a moment, thy plant round his brow, And grin and look proudly, And blaspheme so loudly, And live for that honour, to stoop to thee now? O Delphic Apollo! John Keats started with the notion that it was an outrageously impertinent act to tie a wreath around the brow of Apollo. Who, indeed, could have made so bold? It had clearly not been done reverently, but by dint of climbing up and stooping over the head of Apollo. He sees the person doing it as doing so in jocular fashion, grinning and speaking profanely and leaning over Apollo as he did so. At least, that's what I make of it!

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