Appreciation of Homer

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O peerless poet, a wild mystery has veiled    
Thy deathless life. Too little of Truth of thee  
Our mind captures from hystory's drowsy core.  
Thy vast adventure tales 'Illiad', 'Odyssey',  
Are blazing flames of warrior-suns.  
Although stone blind, thou wert the light of Greece.  
Ever she breathes in thy sea of enormous pride.

Excerpt from Philosopher-Thinkers: The Power-Towers Of The Mind And Poet-Seers: The Fragrance-Hours Of The Heart In The West by Sri Chinmoy

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Wisdom of Homer

 
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

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 Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.

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 Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.