SG, Be careful with ol' Homer. I'm sure you have seen that it is written in a bit of a doddering-old-fool style, very dated and rambling with poor grammar, syntax, etc.
More importantly, I thought that even though some of his ramblings sound DBish, there's an underlying patronizing, manipulative and chauvinist tone throughout.
Can ya tell I didn't like it?
Fortunately, it was part of a desperate online search one day 7 months post-bomb - the search which resulted in my finding this site and all you folks.
Wish I'd found this 7 months sooner. I know: famous last words.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac