Homer
Homer
Homeris best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
son childhood ancestry
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
sarcastic men land
Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.
burden idle idleness
I live an idle burden to the ground.
heaven links golden
Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links Both Goddesses and Gods.
greatness ajax host
Ajax the great Himself a host.
queens beer names
When I was seventeen I drank some very good beer I drank some very good beer I purchased With a fake ID My name was Brian McGee I stayed up listening to Queen When I was seventeen
annie-hall complaining drawn-together
I don't know how much longer I can complain.
helping god-help-me enchanted
God help me, I'm just not that bright.
sight soul poverty
In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.
ocean night light
Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night.
husband horns racket
Thou shalt not horn in on thy husbands racket
I'm a rageaholic. I just can't live without rageahol.
dream
Dreams are sent by God.
mother gambling monsters
The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother, and I call him Gamblor!