Quote#Freedom
As when about the silver moon, when air is free from wind
Quote byGeorge Chapman · 1559–1634
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets (1611), Book VIII, line 487, p. 115.
English (original)
As when about the silver moon, when air is free from wind, And stars shine clear; to whose sweet beams, high prospects, and the brows Of all steep hills and pinnacles, thrust up themselves for shows; And even the lowly valleys joy, to glitter in their sight, When the unmeasured firmament bursts to disclose her light, And all the signs in heaven are seen that glad the shepherd's heart.
— George Chapman
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