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Cook, A. J.
1885–1931
1885–1931
1
Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.
often quoted with "minute" substituted for "second"
Not a penny off the pay, not a second on the day.
often quoted with "minute" substituted for "second"
speech at York, 3 April 1926, in
The Times
5 April 1926
Cook, Eliza
1818–89
1818–89
1
Better build schoolrooms for "the boy",
Than cells and gibbets for "the man".
Better build schoolrooms for "the boy",
Than cells and gibbets for "the man".
"A Song for the Ragged Schools" (1853)
Coolidge, Calvin
1872–1933
1872–1933
1
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
The chief business of the American people is business.
They hired the money, didn't they?
on war debts incurred by England and others
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
telegram to Samuel Gompers, 14 September 1919
The chief business of the American people is business.
speech in Washington, 17 January 1925
They hired the money, didn't they?
on war debts incurred by England and others
John H. McKee
Coolidge: Wit and Wisdom
(1933)
Cooper, Duff
1890–1954
1890–1954
1
Your two stout lovers frowning at one another across the hearth rug, while your small, but perfectly formed one kept the party in a roar.
Your two stout lovers frowning at one another across the hearth rug, while your small, but perfectly formed one kept the party in a roar.
letter to Lady Diana Manners, later his wife, October 1914
Cope, Wendy
1945–
1945–
1
Making cocoa for Kingsley Amis.
I used to think all poets were Byronic—
Mad, bad and dangerous to know.
And then I met a few. Yes it's ironic—
I used to think all poets were Byronic.
They're mostly wicked as a ginless tonic
And wild as pension plans.
Making cocoa for Kingsley Amis.
title of poem (1986)
I used to think all poets were Byronic—
Mad, bad and dangerous to know.
And then I met a few. Yes it's ironic—
I used to think all poets were Byronic.
They're mostly wicked as a ginless tonic
And wild as pension plans.
"Triolet" (1986).
Corbet, Richard
1582–1635
1582–1635
1
Farewell, rewards and Fairies,
Good housewives now may say,
For now foul sluts in dairies
Do fare as well as they.
Farewell, rewards and Fairies,
Good housewives now may say,
For now foul sluts in dairies
Do fare as well as they.
"The Fairies' Farewell"
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