The Paradox, To Idera

STesichorus, and Orion blind, receiv'd their sight,
One by Apollo's Numbers, th'other by his Light.
Orion basking in his burning Rays;
Stesichorus singing Hymns in Helen's praise:
Had I not, Idera, on you gaz'd, nor of you sung,
I had not lost my Eyes, nor with those Eyes my Tongue.