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)

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

“There is a Book
By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light,
On which the eyes of God not rarely look,

A chronicle of actions just and bright—
There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine;
And since thou own’st that praise, I spare thee mine.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)