Famous quotes containing the words william cowper, william and/or cowper:
“Drink, and be mad, then; ‘tis your country bids!
Gloriously drunk, obey th’important call!”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time—
To let the punishment fit the crime—
The punishment fit the crime;”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Once more I would adopt the graver style—
A teacher should be sparing of his smile.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)