"A heart of oak, and breast of brass / Were his, who first presum'd on seas to pass, / And ever ventur'd to engage, / In a slight skiff, with ocean's desperate rage."
Ode III. So may the Queen of Cyprus' Isle [from The Works of Horace]
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1767).<br>
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<u>The Works of Horace, Translated Into Verse. With a Prose Interpretation, for the Help of Students. And Occasional Notes. by Christopher Smart.</u> 4 vols. (London: Printed for W. Flexney ... Mess. Johnson and Co. and T. Caslon, 1767). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T52764">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;