George Chapman

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.

To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]

To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

And as great seamen, using all their wealth
And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
In tall read more

And as great seamen, using all their wealth
And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,
In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,
To put a girdle round about the world.