Pierian spring

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see also: Pierian Spring

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Noun

Pierian spring (plural Pierian springs)

1. (idiomatic, chiefly, literary) The source of knowledge, inspiration, or learning.

   • Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.

   • 1892, Ambrose Bierce, "A Poet's Father" in Black Beetles in Amber:

     . . . a studious land

     Where humming youth, intent upon the page,

     Thirsting for knowledge with a noble rage,

     Drink dry the whole Pierian spring

   • 2009 Jan. 2, Timothy W. Ryback, "First Chapter: Hitler’s Private Library ↗," New York Times (retrieved 9 Aug 2015):

     For him the library represented a Pierian spring. . . . He drew deeply there, quelling his intellectual insecurities and nourishing his fanatic ambitions.

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Pierian Spring

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Noun

Pierian spring

1. Alternative form of Pierian spring

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