Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

    “But all is changed, that high horse riderless,
    Though mounted in that saddle Homer rode
    Where the swan drifts upon a darkening flood.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.”
    —Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)