Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.
ABRAHAM COWLEYAnd 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.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.
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Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.
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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man’s left to epitomize!
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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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It was not sleep that made him nod, he said, But too great weight and largeness of his head.
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Poets by Death are conquer’d but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose,
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“We may talk what we please,” he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, “of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles
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To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man’s, into the world, as it is God’s.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
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Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
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:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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