The foam which breaks around thee, and pursue
Thy track like a sea-bird.
Byron—The Two Foscari.
58. Lady.—A needle, which though it be small and tender,
Yet it is both a maker and a mender,
A grave reformer of old rents decay'd,
Stops holes, and seams, and desperate cuts display'd;
And for your country's quiet, you would like
That womankind should use no other pike.
It will increase their peace, enlarge their store,