Date: 1782
Complacency may breath a gentle gail over the thoughts and swell an "easy sail"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1826
A woman's "reason [may be] ship-wrecked upon her passion, and the hulk of her understanding lies thumping against the rock of her fury"
preview | full record— King, Thomas (1730-1805)
Date: 1997
"Forgive me, Friend, I've again presum'd our Minds running before the same Wind."
preview | full record— Pynchon, Thomas (b. 1937)