Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) (21 November 1787 – 5 October 1874) was an English poet who served as a Commissioner in Lunacy.
Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.
Sweet is made sweeter after we eat something bitter.
Having this, and losing it, made it even sweeter the second time around.
—R.K. Lilley in Lovely Trigger
Those were the days when dreams were sweet and life was sweeter still.
—Lisa Schroeder in Chasing Brooklyn