Lord Cowper

Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or cowper:

“Lord Thomas was buried in the church,
Fair Ellinor in the choir;
And out from her bosom there grew a red rose
And out of Lord Thomas a briar.”
—Unknown. Lord Thomas and Fair Annet (l. 77–80)

“I pity them greatly, but I must be mum,
For how could we do without sugar and rum?”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)