Cowper

Famous quotes containing the word cowper:

    “I pity them greatly, but I must be mum,
    For how could we do without sugar and rum?”
    —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)

    “A fretful temper will divide
    The closest knot that may be tied,
    By ceaseless sharp corrosion;
    A temper passionate and fierce
    May suddenly your joys disperse
    At one immense explosion.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)