Robert Lloyd (poet)



Robert Lloyd (1733–1764) was an English poet and satirist.

Quotes

 * Turn parson, Colman, that’s the way to thrive; Your parsons are the happiest men alive.
 * ‘The Law-Student’ (1762)


 * Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law, From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw! To strip chicanery of its vain pretence, And marry Common Law to Common Sense!
 * ‘The Law-Student’ (1762) (on Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, 1756-88)


 * True Genius, like Armida’s wand, Can raise the spring from barren land. While all the art of Imitation, Is pilf’ring from the first creation.
 * ‘Shakespeare’ (1762)