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 COWLEY:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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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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Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep’rate friends.
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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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The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
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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.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river’s bank expecting stay
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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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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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Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb’d as Death, the Night.
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Unbind the charms that in slight fables lie and teach that truth is truest poesy.
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