brooding dead

[Steven]

	Sort of like the vulture that sits on the dead branch over the man  
who's crawling by, dying of thirst.


On Oct 20, 2006, at 7:30 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

> I would be very grateful if somebody could explain me the meaning  
> of 'brood' in this line from Milton's The French Revolution: "The  
> dead brood over Europe: the cloud and vision descends over cheerful  
> France".

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