 | Benjamin Bausman - 1875 - 494 Seiten
...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 that rides at anchor, and is moor'd, In which they do not live, but go... | |
 | John Murray - 1876 - 364 Seiten
...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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 Seiten
...spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ; That live as if they had been run a-ground, And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | William Michael Rossetti - 1878 - 510 Seiten
...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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all other... | |
 | Forbes Edward Winslow - 1879 - 346 Seiten
...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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all other... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1881 - 328 Seiten
...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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prev Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 Seiten
...spring a leak ; That alwavs ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they stink; That live as if they had been run a-ground, And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | James Parton - 1884 - 734 Seiten
...spring a leak ; That always ply the pump, and never think They can be safe, but at the rate they stink ; That live as if they had been run a-ground, And, when they die, are cast away and drown'd ; That dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1885 - 328 Seiten
...Hudibras says: "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 dwell in ships, like swarms of rats, and prey Upon the goods all nations'... | |
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In which men live as in the hold of Nature, And when the sea does in upon them break, And... 
