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"We have watered our houses in Helicon."
George ChapmanAs cedars beaten with continual storms, — George Chapman
"As cedars beaten with continual storms, So great men flourish; and do imitate Unskilful statuaries, who suppose, In forging a Colossus, if they make him Straddle enough, strut, and look big, and gape, Their work is goodly: so men merely great In their affected gravity of voice, Sourness of countenance, manners cruelty, Authority, wealth, and all the spawn of fortune, Think they bear all the kingdoms worth before them, Yet differ not from those colossic statues, Which, with heroic forms without oerspread, Within are naught but mortar, flint and lead."
George Chapman
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George Chapman was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman is seen as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. He is best remembered for his translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and the Homeric Batrachomyomachia.
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