Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowleywas an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
country apes shapes
Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
book nests world
Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
love life pain
A mighty pain to love it is, And 'tis a pain that pain to miss; But, of all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, but love in vain.
wise art men
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 The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man's left to epitomize!
lying night jewels
Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
fate night clouds
I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
life two eternity
Vain, weak-built isthmus, which dost proudly rise Up between two eternities!
time past doe
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.
country men law
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; 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.
encouragement hard-work spirit
Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.
hope cures endure
Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
strong home garden
I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.
home world rooms
For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
life disease life-is
Life is an incurable disease.