Canto I, stanza 8.
The Corsair (1814)
“2155. He that hath a Head of Wax, must not walk in the Sun.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Harry Chapin (1942–1981) American musician
Live version
Flowers are Red
Song lyrics, Living Room Suite (1978)
“Of troubles know I none,
Of pleasures know I many —
I rove beneath the sun
Without a single penny.”
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) English children's writer
Vagrant Songs, II
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
“One lonely voice still shouting labour!”
Edward Heath (1916–2005) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974)
During the 1970 election campaign.
Leader of the Opposition
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
Marius amid the Ruins of Carthage
“The work of the world must still be done,
And minds are many though truth be one.”
Henry Newbolt (1862–1938) English poet and writer
The Echo.
