Where were all heroical parts but in Helteranius? and a man might make a garment for the moon sooner than fit the o'erleaping actions of great Jalcanaius, who now leaveth but his body to bedung that earth that was lately shaken at his terror. I have waded in red blood to the knee; and in this hour, in my old years, the world is become for me a vision only and a mock-show.
About This Quote
About E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros
E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros.
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war