"we are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties" this line means that?
a. countries such as ours are few and far behind
b. other countries had a much easier time than we have had
c. some countries will be forgotten soon by history
d. we inherited much from our forefathers

Which part of this excerpt from john keats' poem "endymion" contains a simile? therefore, 'tis with full happiness that i will trace the story of endymion. the very music of the name has gone into my being, and each pleasant scene is growing fresh before me as the green of our own vallies: so i will begin now while i cannot hear the city's din; now while the early budders are just new, and run in mazes of the youngest hue about old forests; while the willow trails its delicate amber; and the dairy pails bring home increase of milk. and, as the year grows lush in juicy stalks, i'll smoothly steer my little boat, for many quiet hours, with streams that deepen freshly into bowers.