A fiery soul, which, working out its way,

Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,

And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay.

A daring pilot in extremity;

Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high

He sought the storms.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 156.

Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night!

There's danger on the deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839): The Pilot.

The careful pilot of my proper woe.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Epistle to Augusta. Stanza 3.

The pilot of the Galilean lake;

Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain

(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).

John Milton (1608-1674): Lycidas. Line 109.

No, here's to the pilot that weathered the storm!

George Canning (1770-1827): The Pilot that weathered the Storm.