Careful Words

boat (n.)

boat (v.)

My boat is on the shore,

And my bark is on the sea;

But before I go, Tom Moore,

Here's a double health to thee!

Lord Byron 1788-1824: To Thomas Moore.

  He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxii.

Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat,

Just parted from the shore,

And to the fisher's chorus-note

Soft moves the dipping oar.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1857): Oh swiftly glides the Bonnie Boat.