Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or cowper:
“Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bossun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captains gig!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“When the critics come around its always too late.”
—Sidney, Sir Nolan (19171992)
“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 (17311800)