Pierian Spring

American

noun

Classical Mythology.

a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.

Pierian Spring British

noun

a sacred fountain in Pieria, in Greece, fabled to inspire those who drank from it

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Pierian Spring

In green and undiscover'd ground, Yet near where many others sing, I have the very well-head found Whence gushes the Pierian Spring.'

From Angel in the House by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

And now they were refusing even to approach the Pierian Spring!

From Little Citizens by Myra Kelly

I am sending you part of it just so you will have something tangible to remind you that you can't measure the water from the Pierian Spring in spoonfuls.

From Rolling Stones by O. Henry

A strange Pierian Spring for the stark Teuton!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 by Various

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