| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 4066 |
| AUTHOR: | W H Auden |
| QUOTATION: | If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I’d pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lines used as part of offertory at his requiem in Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, NYC, 3 Oct 73 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Religion: Spirituality |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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