Index — Chapter YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND <i>to</i> ZEAL (Part 2 of 2)

Ben Jonson.—Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue.

In the very May-morn of his youth,
Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises.

Shakespeare.—King Henry V. Act I. Scene 2. (Ely to King Henry.)

He wears the rose
Of youth upon him; from which the world should note
Something particular.

Shakespeare.—Antony and Cleopatra, Act III. Scene 4. (Antony to Euphronius and Cleopatra.)

A youth of frolics, an old age of cards.

Pope.—Moral Essay, To a Lady, Epi. II. Line 244.

From thoughtless youth to ruminating age

Cowper.—Progress of Error, Line 24.

And made youth younger, and taught life to live.

Young.—Night V. Line 796.

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations—
Holland, France, England, Germany, or Spain—
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals—never mind the pain.

Byron.—Don Juan, Canto II. Stanza 1.

ZEAL.—We do that in our zeal,
Our calmer moments are afraid to answer.

Scott.—Woodstock, Chap. XVII.

Tell zeal, it lacks devotion;
Tell love, it is but lust;
Tell time, it is but motion;
Tell flesh, it is but dust!
And wish them not reply,
For thou must give the lye.

Sir Walter Raleigh.—The Lye, 2 Percy Rel. Page 323.