“Stood for his country’s glory fast,
And nail’d her colours to the mast!”
Canto I, introduction, st. 10.
Marmion (1808)
“They multiplied into the Sirens' throng,
Forewarned by fear of whom he stood bound fast
Hand and foot helpless to the vessel's mast,
Yet would not stop his ears: daring their song
He groaned and sweated till that shore was past.”
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English poet and novelist 1895–1985Related quotes
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posthumous
“The fool that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.”
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Rome was not built in one day, said he, and yet stood
Till it was finished, as some say, full fair.
Part I, chapter 11.
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“Mind working is man, mind working fast is mad, mind slowed down is Mast and mind stopped is God.”
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