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George Alexander Stevens
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“Cease, rude Boreas, blustering railer! List, ye landsmen, all to me; Messmates, hear a brother sailor Sing the dangers of the sea.”
George Alexander Stevens (1710–1780) first seen 1754 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song ("The Storm") st. 1. Attributed to "Mr. Stevens" in The Muses Delight (Liverpool, 1754) p. 291. Attributed to William Falconer by Stanier Clarke. See also The Songs of England and Scotland, 2 vols. (1835) vol. 1, p…
“One wide water all around us: All above us one black sky; Different deaths at once surround us: Hark! what means that dreadful cry?”
George Alexander Stevens (1710–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fill it up, about ship wheel it, Close to our lips a brimmer join: Where's the tempest now, who feels it? None — the danger's drown'd in wine.”
George Alexander Stevens (1710–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source