Lord Rochester

Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or rochester:

    “But see, the Virgin blest
    Hath laid her Babe to rest:
    Time is our tedious song should here have ending;
    Heaven’s youngest teemed star,
    Hath fixed her polished car,
    Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attending;
    And all about the courtly stable,
    Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life,
    Is the best can be said for a very good wife.”
    —John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)