Absalom and Achitophel

Great Wits are sure to Madness near ally'd;
And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide
-John Dryden (1681)

Fabel of the mermaid and the drunks

A stranger to tears, she did not weep.

-Pablo Neruda

The Road Not Taken

And be one traveler, long I stood
And look down one as far as I could

-Robert Frost