Read Homer Once, And You Can Read No More; For All Books Else Appear So Mean, So Poor, Verse Will Seem Prose

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Read Homer once, and you can read no more;
For all books else appear so mean, so poor,
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
-- Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire (1649-1720)
-- Essay on Poetry

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