To The Royal Society (excerpts) (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Philosophy the great and only heirOf all that human knowledge which has binUnforfeited by man's rebellious sin,Though full of years ...
Abraham Cowley Poems on Man (20 Poems)
To The Royal Society (Abraham Cowley Poems)
I.Philosophy the great and only heirOf all that human knowledge which has binUnforfeited by man's rebellious sin,Though full of years ...
On the Death of Mr. Crashaw (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Poet and Saint! to thee alone are given The two most sacred names of earth and heaven, The ...
The Request (Abraham Cowley Poems)
I'AVE often wish'd to love; what shall I do? Me still the cruel boy does spare; ...
The Innocent Ill (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Though all thy gestures and discourses be Coin'd and stamp'd by modesty; ...
Davideis: A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David (excerpt) (Abraham Cowley Poems)
BOOK I (excerpt) I sing the man who Judah's sceptre bore In that right hand which ...
Reason, The Use Of It In Divine Matters (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Some blind themselves, 'cause possibly they may Be led by others a right way;They build on sands, which ...
The Given Love (Abraham Cowley Poems)
I'LL on; for what should hinder meFrom loving and enjoying thee?Thou canst not those exceptions make,Which vulgar, sordid mortals take-That ...
The Motto (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Tentanda via est, etc. What shall I do to be forever known, And make the age ...
To Sir William Davenant (Abraham Cowley Poems)
UPON HIS TWO FIRST BOOKS OF GONDIBERT FINISHED BEFORE HIS VOYAGE TO AMERICA. METHINKS heroick poesy till now, Like some ...
The Wish (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey ...
To The Lord Falkland (Abraham Cowley Poems)
FOR HIS SAFE RETURN FROM THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE SCOTS. Great is thy Charge, O North! be wise and ...
Not Fair (Abraham Cowley Poems)
'T IS very true, I thought you once as fair As women in th' idea are;*Whatever here seems ...
Platonick Love (Abraham Cowley Poems)
INDEED I must confess, When souls mix 't is an happiness;But not complete till bodies too do combine,And ...
Inconstancy (Abraham Cowley Poems)
FIVE years ago (says Story) I lov'd you,For which you call me most inconstant now;Pardon me, Madam! you mistake the ...
The Parting (Abraham Cowley Poems)
As Men in Greenland left beheld the sun From their horizon run; And thought upon the ...
The Thief (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Thou robb'st my days of business and delights, Of sleep thou robb'st my nights ; Ah, lovely thief, what ...
The Grasshopper (Abraham Cowley Poems)
Happy insect, what can beIn happiness compared to thee?Fed with nourishment divine,The dewy morning's gentle wine!Nature waits upon thee still,And ...
The Change (Abraham Cowley Poems)
LOVE in her sunny eyes does basking play;Love walks the pleasant mazes of her hair;Love does on both her lips ...
Anacreontics, Drinking (Abraham Cowley Poems)
THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, ...