Verhaeren was soon to desert the Parnassian camp.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
He does not mean that a writer of the first order is always greater than one of the second order, but he does insist as follows: "No man who shuts his eyes and opens his mouth when religion and morality are offered to him on a long spoon, can share the same Parnassian bench with those who make an original contribution to religion and morality, were it only a criticism."
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Come then with healing for the violent woe That o'er our peopled land doth largely flow, Passing the high Parnassian steep Or moaning narrows of the deep!
"The Seven Plays in English Verse"
Sophocles