Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggis… - Joanna Baillie

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Some men are born to feast, and not to fight;
Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,
Still on their dinner turn—
Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home,
And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.

Joanna Baillie

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About Joanna Baillie

Joanna Baillie (11 September 1762 – 23 February 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, she hosted a brilliant literary society in her cottage at Hampstead.

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Alternative Names: Joanna Bailley • Baillie Joanna

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The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
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But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged Mercury.

Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner turn— Let such pot-boiling varl… - Joanna Baillie

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