 | J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 страници
...which, working oufTits way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-infonned 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 steer too nigh the sands to boast his... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 страници
...which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er informed 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 steer too nigh the sands to boast his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1902 - 394 страници
...again,' said the Factor. ' Why, to be sure,' replied the minstrel, ' I am, as glorious John says, — " A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger when the waves go high, I seek the storm — but, for a calm unfit, Will steer too near the sands, to show my wit."... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 страници
...which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed 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 steer too nigh the sands, to boast his... | |
 | William L. Fox - 1997 - 606 страници
...which working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay: And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms . . . John Dryden, "Absalom and Achitophel" A little past five in the... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 страници
...which working out its way 1 Fretted the pigmy body to decay, > And o'erinformed the tenement of clay. J A daring pilot in extremity: Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high 160 He sought the storms; but for a calm unfit Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his... | |
 | Hugh Ross Williamson - 2002 - 380 страници
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay And o'er-informed 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 steer too nigh the sands to boast his... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 страници
...which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, 160 He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2006 - 262 страници
...but more able', but in Dryden's hands this becomes a recklessness which endangers the ship of state: A daring pilot in extremity: Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms;2' Shaftesbury 'Usurped a patriot's all-atoning name', 'patriot' being... | |
 | Benjamin Ifor Evans - 2006 - 520 страници
...which working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy Body to decay: And o'er informed 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 steer too near the Sands, to boast his... | |
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A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed 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 steer... 
