 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 sidor
...waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to show his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied,...bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest; Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 sidor
...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ;... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 sidor
...extremity i Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went He sought the stormsi but, for a ealm uuIit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide i Rise why should he, with wealth and honour bits' Refuse his age the needful hours of rest' Punish... | |
 | 1822 - 314 sidor
...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 sidor
...the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would...partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he,with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 sidor
...clay. A daring pilot in extremity; [high, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went •VOL. v. B He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would...bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | 1902 - 742 sidor
...of the laureate: " A. daring pilot in adversity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit." "My Lords," said Shaftesbury in 1G79, "I never study either to make my court or to be popular. I always... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 sidor
...extremity ; Pleas'd with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a ealm orth ally'd, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 sidor
...he returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVL Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? • Punish a body which he could not please... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 sidor
...returns home, he buys a seat in Parliament, and studies the constitution. — Mackenzie. CCCCXCVI. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...bounds divide; Else why should he, with wealth and honour bless'd, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please;... | |
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Pleased with the danger when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit. 
