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 ...
Philosophy the great and only heirOf all that human knowledge which has binUnforfeited by man's rebellious sin,Though full of years ...
I.Philosophy the great and only heirOf all that human knowledge which has binUnforfeited by man's rebellious sin,Though full of years ...
I'AVE often wish'd to love; what shall I do? Me still the cruel boy does spare; ...
Whilst what I write I do not see, I dare thus, ev'n to you, write poetry.Ah, foolish Muse! ...
I'LL on; for what should hinder meFrom loving and enjoying thee?Thou canst not those exceptions make,Which vulgar, sordid mortals take-That ...
Pindarum quisquis studet oemulari, &c.I. Pindar is imitable by none;The phoenix Pindar is a vast species alone.Whoe'er but Daedalus with ...
FIVE years ago (says Story) I lov'd you,For which you call me most inconstant now;Pardon me, Madam! you mistake the ...
Life's a nameThat nothing here can truly claim;This wretched inn, where we scarce stay to bait,We call our dwelling-place!And mighty ...
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