John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3044 Duke of Bukinghamshire Sheffield 1649-1720 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3044 |
| AUTHOR: | Duke of Buckinghamshire Sheffield (1649–1720) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Essay on Poetry. |