 | Frederic May Holland - Liberty - 1900 - 88 pages
...have seldom been surpassed. The third act of "Byron's Conspiracy" ends thus: "Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails filled with a lusty wind," "There is no danger to a man that knows What life and death are: there's not any law Exceeds his Knowledge... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1902 - 294 pages
...last line, and slides gently to its rippling close. Give me a spirit that on Life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind Even till...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water and her keel plows air : There is no danger to a man lwbo knoios What Life... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven. Contpiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron. Act i. Sc. 1 Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1903 - 642 pages
...heaven to use all your reaches ; 'Tis too far off to let you, or respect you. Give me a spirit that in this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails filled...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life... | |
 | Thomas Seccombe, John William Allen - English literature - 1903 - 374 pages
...is still finer and more characteristic : ' Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1188 pages
...of Byron. Act i. Sc. 1 Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble,...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. Tragedy of Charles, Dukt uf Byron. Act Hi. 8c. I... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven. Conspiracy of Charles, Dukt of Byron. Act i. Sc. 1 Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 438 pages
...At my nativity, — what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 438 pages
...At my nativity, — what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves t' have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 504 pages
...forth his own ideal in his " Byron": — " Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life... | |
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That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life and death is; there's not any law Exceeds his knowledge; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any other law. 
