It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Bio: Elizabeth Thomas, a poet, was born in London, the only child of Elizabeth Osborne, aged 16, and lawyer Emmanuel Thomas, aged 60. Her father died when she was an infant, leaving Osborne to take care of her.
