Pierian spring

Pierian Spring English Pierian Spring Alternative forms en Pierian Spring Etymology From the spring of the Muses in Greek mythology. Noun en idiomatic chiefly literary The source of knowledge, inspiration, or learning. A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring. I 7–9 9 At school I enjoyed the inestimable advantage of a very sensible, though at the same time, a very severe master. [H]e showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor, or image, unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. In fancy I can almost hear him now, exclaiming "Harp? Harp? Lyre? Pen and ink, boy, you mean! Muse, boy, Muse? Your Nurse's daughter, you mean! Pierian spring? Oh 'aye! the cloister-pump, I suppose!" en 1892 w:Ambrose Bierce A Poet's Father Black Beetles in Amber a studious landWhere humming youth, intent upon the page,Thirsting for knowledge with a noble rage,Drink dry the whole Pierian spring en Jan 2 2009 w:Timothy W. Ryback First Chapter: Hitler’s Private Library http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/books/chapters/chapter-hitlers-private-library.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 New York Times 9 Aug 2015 For him the library represented a Pierian spring, that metaphorical source of knowledge and inspiration. He drew deeply there, quelling his intellectual insecurities and nourishing his fanatic ambitions. https://web.archive.org/web/20241211185945/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/books/chapters/chapter-hitlers-private-library.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 11 December 2024 Further reading en terms derived from toponyms