lotus eater
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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.
Foolish we may often be, yet we cannot accept this Gethsemane for a garden of the gods; the most wilful lotus-eater must perforce see the streaming tears, the stain of blood, the shadow of death.
From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville
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 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
He was still lost in the dreams of the lotus-eater when he heard something that resembled the rattling of his own noisy car.
From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip
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