Famous quotes containing the words sir william, sir and/or lovelace:
“On my face extended flat
I was walloped with a cat
For listening at the key-hole of the door.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
—John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)
“Love, then unstinted, Love did sip,
And cherries plucked fresh from the lip;
On cheeks and roses free he fed;
Lasses like autumn plums did drop,
And lads indifferently did crop
A flower and a maidenhead.”
—Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)