Act III, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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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.
— George Chapman
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "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." in the context of "Act III, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "George Chapman" (Quotes, The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
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