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)

“O that those lips had language! Life has passed
With me but roughly since I heard thee last.”
—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)