Lord Rochester

Famous quotes containing the words lord and/or rochester:

    “Rou-cou spoke the dove,
    Like the sooth lord of sorrow,
    Of sooth love and sorrow,
    And a hail-bow, hail-bow,
    To this morrow.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “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)