Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Homer
John Sheffield (1648-1721), An Essay Upon Poetry:
Newer› ‹Older
Read Homer once, and you can read no more,The second couplet is sometimes quoted as:
For all things else will seem so dull and poor,
You'll wish't unread; but oft upon him look,
And you will hardly need another book.
Verse will seem Prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
