Samuel Bishop

Samuel Bishop (21 September 1731 – 17 November 1795) was an English poet, clergyman and teacher.

Quotes

 * The Poetical Works of the Rev. Samuel Bishop, 2 vols. (London: A Strahan, 1796)


 * In myriad swarms, each summer sun An insect nation shows; Whose being, since he rose, begun;  And e’er he sets will close.Brief is their date, confin’d their pow’rs,  The fluttering of a day;— Yet life’s worth living, ev’n for hours,  When all those hours—are play.
 * "Epigram XL. Fati valet hora benigni". Vol. II, p. 192.
 * Cf. Juvenal, XVI, 4.


 * A Fool and Knave, with different views, For Julia’s hand apply: The Knave, to mend his fortune sues:  The Fool, to please his eye.Ask you, how J ULIA will behave?  Depend on’t for a rule, If she’s a Fool, she’ll wed the Knave—  If she’s a Knave, the Fool.
 * "Epigram CCI. Sub judice lis est". Vol. II, p. 304
 * Cf. Horace, Ars Poetica, 78.