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Abraham Cowley (1618 – 1667)


English metaphysical poet.
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Abraham Cowley I agree | disagree
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal now does always last.
Cowley quotes I agree | disagree
Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discover
And not to me, thy no less silent lover?
Cowley I agree | disagree
The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again;
The plants suck in the earth, and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.




Th' adorning thee with so much art
Is but a barb'rous skill;
'T is like the pois'ning of a dart,
Too apt before to kill.
Cowley Abraham I agree | disagree
The fairest garden in her looks,
And in her mind the wisest books.
Hence, ye profane! I hate ye all,
Both the great vulgar and the small.
Abraham Cowley I agree | disagree
We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blush'd before.
The monster London laugh at me.
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