 Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air.  Early Prose Writings of James Russell Lowell - Page 114by James Russell Lowell - 1902 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...earth At my nativity : what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts c'rack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 pages
...Spirit. 'iiveme a spirit thatou life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, ten till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And...her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man, that knows ffhat Life and Death is : there's not any lavy... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...earth At my nativity : what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, t And his rapt ship run... | |
 | John Payne Collier - Law - 1819 - 338 pages
...additional powers and energies—with an undaunted resolution to overcome and accomplish : he seems - a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails HUM with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1835 - 802 pages
...life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till bis sail-yards tremble, bis 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 and Death is : there's not any law Exceeds... | |
 | American periodicals - 1853 - 672 pages
...that art which is in itself so attractive. This Indian Diorama will, we doubt not, be highly popular. GIVE me a spirit, that on life's rough sea Loves to...her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What Life and Death is ; there 's not any law Exceeds... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...comforts are distracted." Byron's Tragedy. He thus gives us his notion of what a man should be : " Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to...her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man who knows What life and death are ; there 's not any law Exceeds... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1844 - 330 pages
...earth At my nativity : what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to 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 - English drama - 1845 - 492 pages
...earth At my nativity : what can they do ? Malignant in aspects ! in bloody houses ! The Master Spirit. Give me a spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run... | |
 | John Palgrave Simpson - 1846 - 938 pages
...agitated thoughts, and reflect on her position, Blanche passed on fluheeding. CHAPTER VI. THE SMUGGLER. A spirit that on life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low, That she drinks water,... | |
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