Lord Cowper

Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or cowper:

“But see, the Virgin blest
Hath laid her Babe to rest:
Time is our tedious song should here have ending;
Heaven’s youngest teemed star,
Hath fixed her polished car,
Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attending;
And all about the courtly stable,
Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)

“Once more I would adopt the graver style—
A teacher should be sparing of his smile.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)