The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/His Cavalier

by Robert Herrick

90. HIS CAVALIER.

Give me that man that dares bestride
The active sea-horse, and with pride
Through that huge field of waters ride.
Who with his looks, too, can appease
The ruffling winds and raging seas,
In midst of all their outrages.
This, this a virtuous man can do,
Sail against rocks, and split them too;
Ay, and a world of pikes pass through.