lotus eater
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How they got home you must read in Homer:—Mr. Tennyson—himself, we presume, a dreamy lotus-eater, a delicious lotus-eater—leaves them in full song.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis
A moment he yielded to the temptation of the lotus-eater and continued to luxuriate in the lap of Arcadia.
From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart
I am no lotus-eater by nature," he went on with energy, "and so I fought and conquered it.
From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon
The fabled lotus-eater wished never to leave the isle whence he had plucked it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
In this case I waited till I felt like a lotus-eater who could have stayed on forever.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.
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