John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
331 George Chapman 1559?-1634 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 331 |
| AUTHOR: | George Chapman (1559?–1634) |
| QUOTATION: | Give me a spirit that on this life’s rough sea Loves t’ have his sails fill’d with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel plows air. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron. Act iii. Sc. 1. |
| WORKS: | George Chapman Collection. |