Cowper

Famous quotes containing the word cowper:

    “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)

    “Here may we prove the pow’r of pray’r,
    To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
    To teach our faint desires to rise,
    And bring all heav’n before our eyes.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)

    “I cannot talk with civet in the room,
    A fine puss-gentleman that’s all perfume.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)