William Stevenson (poet)

William Stevenson (poet)

Sir William Stevenson (1530 - 1575) was a English poet.

Born in Durham, England, he became a clergyman and author.

Famous quotation: "I am so wrapped, and throughly lapped of jolly good ale and old!" Gammer Gurton’s Needle: Drinking Song (attributed to Stevenson and to Still) [http://www.bartleby.com/66/35/56535.html The Columbia World of Quotations] .

External links

* [http://www.bibliomania.com/0/2/277/133/frameset.html/ Jolly Good Ale and Old]


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