Famous quotes containing the words sir william and/or cowper:
“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Variety’s the very spice of life
That gives it all its flavour.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)