11 August 1998 - literature trivia

“the morn in russet mantle clad” — Shakespeare

“dawn goes down to day” — Robert Frost

The Muses of Greek myth lived by the Pierian spring. It became a symbol of knowledge, as in the famous Alexander Pope couplet “A little learning is a dangerous thing;/Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.”

Prudhoe Bay in Alaska is a major oil field.