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Pierian Spring

«Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse. a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance.»
«Next these, learn'd Jonson, in this list I bring, / Who had drunk deep of the Pierian spring.»
«A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Learning | Keywords: Pierian, Pierian Spring, spring
«A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain, And drinking largely sobers us again»