When all the blandishments of life are gone,
The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.
George Sewell (—— -1726): The Suicide.
Studious of ease, and fond of humble things.
Ambrose Phillips (1671-1749): From Holland to a Friend in England.
My galligaskins, that have long withstood
The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,
By time subdued (what will not time subdue!),
A horrid chasm disclosed.