 | 1809 - 402 pagina’s
...high, He sought the storms ; hut, for a Calm noil, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast Iii- tit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin...wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hoars of rest? Punish a body which he conld not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of esst ' And... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pagina’s
...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,...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest; Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pagina’s
...And o'er-inform'd 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...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for...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; Bankrupt... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pagina’s
...And o'er-iriform'd the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity ; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms ; but, for...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 pagina’s
...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...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 ; Bankrupt... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...un6t, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, Z ! + ůMj woe H U $Tl k z ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
 | 1902 - 742 pagina’s
...better known verdict of the laureate: " A. daring pilot in adversity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for...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 pagina’s
...unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near ally'd, ead, To piek her wint'ry faggot from the thorn, To...till morn ; She only left, of all the harmless train ? Punish a body whieh he eotdd not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave... | |
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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. 
