Was parmacity for an inward bruise.

SHAKSPEARE, Henry IV, Part I

So gentle, yet so brisk, so wond’rous sweet,

So fit to prattle at a lady’s feet.

CHURCHILL

Much are the precious hours of youth misspent

In climbing learning’s rugged, steep ascent;

When to the top the bold adventurer’s got,

He reigns vain monarch of a barren spot;

While in the vale of ignorance below,