Coy Nature, (which remain’d, though aged grown, A beauteous virgin still, enjoy’d by none, Nor seen unveil’d by anyone),
ABRAHAM COWLEYHis time’s forever, everywhere his place.
More Abraham Cowley Quotes
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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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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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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 present is an eternal now.
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The monster London laugh at me.
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The present is all the ready money Fate can give.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Nothing in Nature’s sober found, But an eternal Health goes round. Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high
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The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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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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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
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Ah, yet, e’er I descend to th’ grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true
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Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning’s gentle wine!
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Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.
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