Sir William Cowper

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    ‘Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
    And the mate of the Nancybrig,
    And a bos’sun tight, and a midshipmite,
    And the crew of the captain’s gig!”’
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    When the critics come around it’s always too late.
    Sidney, Sir Nolan (1917–1992)

    I am monarch of all I survey;
    My right there is none to dispute;
    From the center all round to the sea
    I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
    O Solitude! where are the charms
    That sages have seen in thy face?
    Better dwell in the midst of alarms,
    Than reign in this horrible place.
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)