Does not the passage of Moses and the Israelites into the Holy Land yield incomparably more poetic variety than the voyages of Ulysses or Aeneas?
ABRAHAM COWLEYThe Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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Hope is the most hopeless thing of all.
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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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The Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame
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Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.
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The monster London laugh at me.
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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The world’s a scene of changes.
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Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose,
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What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies!
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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Curs’d be that wretch (Death’s factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make.
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Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.
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But what is woman? Only one of nature’s agreeable blunders.
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