I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
ABRAHAM COWLEYThere 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!
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
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His time’s forever, everywhere his place.
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Nay, in death’s hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove’s.
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Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master’s humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose,
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In fields d’or or d’argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms.”
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When Harvey’s violent passion she did see, Began to tremble and to flee; Took sanctuary, like Daphne, in a tree
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Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
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But what is woman? Only one of nature’s agreeable blunders.
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The monster London laugh at me.
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Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th’ approaches of the last.
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty’s handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
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