Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
ABRAHAM COWLEY
ABRAHAM COWLEY
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Abraham Cowley93 quotes“Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.”
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The world’s a scene of changes.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley And I myself a Catholic will be, So far at least, great saint, to pray to thee. Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets militant below.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Thus would I double my life’s fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Man is too near all kinds of beasts,–a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur’d dance of all. And this is Musick.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Why to mute fish should’st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th’ approaches of the last.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Why dost thou build up stately rooms on high, Thou who art under ground to lie? Thou sow’st and plantest, but no fruit must see, For death, alas! is reaping thee.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley There Daphne’s Lover stopped, and thought it much The very leaves of her to touch: But Harvey, our Apollo, stopp’d not so; Into the Bark and Root he after her did go!
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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What am I supposed to do if I go bald? Get a wig? Fat, goofy, gay, wig.
Alan CarrAlan Carr I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I’m homosexual.
Alan BennettAlan Bennett Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are bald. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are carrotty. Why do I not kiss you, Philaenis? you are one-eyed. He who kisses you, Philaenis, sins against nature.
MartialMartial Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.
Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold I know I been bald but I just wanted to remind y’all I’m still that bitch.
HalseyHalsey I dragged my pain into the darkness, I carried it into the light – No matter where I choose to take it, This pain refuses to subside. I washed my sins off in the ocean, I prayed all my badness away, Whichever God I choose to worship, I cannot make my soul be saved.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola She was getting fat and he was getting bald. As promised, they were growing old together.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
Mae WestMae West