There goes the parson, O illustrious spark!
And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.


On observing some Names of Little Note. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

William Cowper Quotes

There goes the parson, O illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

There goes the parson, O illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

There goes the parson, O illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

There goes the parson, O illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.