Cowper

Famous quotes containing the word cowper:

“By contemplation’s help,not sought in vain,
I seem t’ have liv’d my childhood o’er again;
To have renew’d the joys that once were mine,”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)

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

“Oh! for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heav’nly frame;
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)