The Sunflow’r, thinking ’twas for him foul shame To nap by daylight, strove t’ excuse the blame
ABRAHAM COWLEYHope is the most hopeless thing of all.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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The liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.
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Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces, and yet so humble too as not to scorn the meanest country cottages.
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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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God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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But what is woman? Only one of nature’s agreeable blunders.
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Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Or what is worse, be left by it? Why dost thou load thyself when thou ‘rt to fly, Oh, man! ordain’d to die?
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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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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
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Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb’d as Death, the Night.
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Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
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To-day is ours; what do we fear? To-day is ours; we have it here. Let’s treat it kindly, that it may Wish, at least, with us to stay.
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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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Let’s banish business, banish sorrow; To the gods belong to-morrow.
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All the world’s bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
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The world’s a scene of changes.
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