Thomas Chatterton the poet (1752–1770).
“The maryellous boy,
The sleepless soul that perished in his pride.”
Wordsworth: Resolution and Independence.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.