Are little things ambitious men have done;
But on a flaming ship thus to despise
That life, which others did so highly prize;
To fight with fire, and struggle with a wave,
And Neptune with unwearied arms outbrave,
Are deeds surpassing fab'lous chronicle,
And which no future age shall parallel;
20Leviathan himself's outdone by thee,
Thou greater wonder of the deep, than he:
Nor could the deep thy mighty ashes hold.