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

There is much truth in Mr. Gosse's saying that "the poet is not a lotus-eater who has never known the Gospel, but an evangelist turned inside out."

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

Diana, have you really performed suttee, have you buried yourself alive in this sweet spot deliberately, or has the love of retirement grown upon you, and have you become a kind of lotus-eater?'

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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

I felt a dash of the infatuation of the lotus-eater, in his "—land that seemed always afternoon."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various