Horace Gregory

Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 – March 11, 1982) was an American poet, translator of classical poetry, literary critic and college professor. He was awarded the Bollingen Prize in 1965. Quotes My boyhood sawGreek islands floating over Harvard Square:Homer, the blind head sleepingIn celestial seas;Everett, the voice, asking whose lips were theseCome out of time to breathe our native air? Chorus for Survival (1935), p. 85 [Gloss: The Emerson family fireside.] External links Category:1898 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:Translators from the United States Category:People from Milwaukee Category:Literary critics Category:Critics from the United States Category:Academics from the United States