| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 Seiten
...of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break. And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are cast away and drowned ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey... | |
| Benjamin Bausman - 1875 - 494 Seiten
...dieposess'd, And sat, not as a meat, but as a guest. SUNDAY IN AMSTERDAM. They always ply thepump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink ; They live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drown'd. A land... | |
| John Murray - 1876 - 364 Seiten
...does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak." And its inhabitants — " That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink : That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drown'd: That... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...hold of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants are blown-up and crackt,... | |
| William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 Seiten
...hold of Nature ; And, when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ;a That live as if they had been run aground, And, when they die, are cast away and drowned ; That... | |
| Forbes Edward Winslow - 1879 - 346 Seiten
..." God made the sea, and man the land." Rightly did the poet Butler speak of the Dutch as those — "That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drowned ; That... | |
| William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...hold of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe but at the rate they sink ; That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drowned ; That... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1881 - 328 Seiten
...does in upon them break, And drowns a province, does but spring a leak." And its inhabitants — " That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they sink : That live as if they had been run aground, And when they die are cast away and drown'd : That... | |
| James Parton - 1884 - 734 Seiten
...hold of Nature ; And when the sea does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey ; And, when their merchants are blown up and cracked,... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 Seiten
...when the неа does in upon them break, And drown a province, does but spring a leak ; That alwavs ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but...drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations' fleets convey; And, when their merchants are blown up and cracked,... | |
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