Catching up with the Mythgard Academy class on Dante’s Inferno, when one of Prof. Olsen’s glosses sounded suddenly familiar.
Dante Alighieri, 1320:
Can those who lie within the sepulchers
be seen? The lids—in fact—have all been lifted;
no guardian is watching over them.”
Corey Olsen, 2021:
Why don’t they get away? I mean, like, the door’s open.
Pete Townshend, 1969:
But you’ve been told many times before
Messiahs pointed to the door —
No one had the guts to leave the temple!
https://youtu.be/rGa70tVYVKo?t=62
Juli Thompson
The Grand Inquisitor’s tale, from The Brothers Karamazov.
Joe
A much-more-probable source for Pete.