The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Tom 2John Sharpe, 1809 |
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... swift cold trembling seiz'd on every part ; My head turn'd round , nor could it bear The poison that was enter'd there . So a destroying - angel's breath Blows - in the plague , and with it hasty death : Such was the pain , did so begin ...
... swift cold trembling seiz'd on every part ; My head turn'd round , nor could it bear The poison that was enter'd there . So a destroying - angel's breath Blows - in the plague , and with it hasty death : Such was the pain , did so begin ...
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... Our substances themselves do fleet and fade ; The most fix'd being still does move and fly , Swift as the wings of time ' t is measur'd by . T'imagine then that Love should never cease ( Love , 14 COWLEY'S POEMS . Inconstancy Inconstancy.
... Our substances themselves do fleet and fade ; The most fix'd being still does move and fly , Swift as the wings of time ' t is measur'd by . T'imagine then that Love should never cease ( Love , 14 COWLEY'S POEMS . Inconstancy Inconstancy.
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... swift course restrain . Though constant and consistent now it be , Yet , when kind beams appear , It melts , and glides apace into the sea , And loses itself there . So the sun's amorous play Kisses the ice away . You may in vulgar ...
... swift course restrain . Though constant and consistent now it be , Yet , when kind beams appear , It melts , and glides apace into the sea , And loses itself there . So the sun's amorous play Kisses the ice away . You may in vulgar ...
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... swift current to those joys they haste That do as swiftly waste : I laugh'd the wanton play to view ; But ' t is , alas ! at land so too , And still old lovers yield the place to new . Kiss her , and as you part , you amorous waves ( My ...
... swift current to those joys they haste That do as swiftly waste : I laugh'd the wanton play to view ; But ' t is , alas ! at land so too , And still old lovers yield the place to new . Kiss her , and as you part , you amorous waves ( My ...
Strona 124
... swift forefathers has outgone . They through rough ways , o'er many stops they pass'd , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily : Which does itself i ' th ' river by With pride and ...
... swift forefathers has outgone . They through rough ways , o'er many stops they pass'd , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum built , the beauteous eye Of fair - fac'd Sicily : Which does itself i ' th ' river by With pride and ...
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angels appear beauteous beauty BISHOP OF WORCESTER blest blood body bold breast breath bright burning-glass canst Chromius clouds COWLEY curse danger David death dreadful e'er earth envy eternal ev'n eyes fair fame fantastick fate fear fear'd fire fix'd flame freedom call friends gentle God's Gods Goliah hand happy haste heart heaven honour inconstant Israel Joab jointure king light live lov'd Love's lovers lyre Michal mighty mighty Love mistress Moab Moloch Muse musick Naioth Nature's ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er Ortygia Ovid pain Pindar plac'd pride Prince proud Pygmalion rage rich RICHARD HURD round sacred Saul Saul's scarce scorn seem'd shine sight slain soul stamp'd stars straight strong sun's swift sword tears thee Thersander thine things thou art thou dost thought thyself trees trembling tyrant verse virtue Whilst wise wondrous wound wretched youth
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Strona 261 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand, He walked with.
Strona 54 - The merrier fool o" th' two, yet quite as mad : Sire of Repentance ! child of fond Desire ! That blow'st the chemics', and the lovers', fire, Leading them still insensibly on By the strange witchcraft of " Anon !" By thee the one does changing Nature, through Her endless labyrinths, pursue ; And th' other chases Woman, whilst she goes More ways and turns than hunted Nature knows.
Strona 151 - Ourselves then to survive ? Wise, subtle arts, and such as well befit That Nothing, Man's no wit ! — Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And by the proofs of death pretend to live. " Here lies the great" — false marble ! where ? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there.
Strona 194 - Nothing is there To come, and nothing Past, But an Eternal Now does always last.
Strona 14 - I'll by that change so thrive, That Love in all my parts shall live. So powerful is this change, it render can, My outside Woman, and your inside Man, Clad all in White.
Strona 193 - Above the subtle foldings of the Sky, Above the well-set Orbs' soft harmony, Above those petty lamps that gild the night ; There is a place o'erflown with...
Strona 157 - With maravedies make the account, That single time might to a sum amount,. We grow at last by custom to believe That really we live ; Whilst all these shadows that for things we take, Are but the empty dreams which in Death's sleep we make. But these fantastic errors of our dream Lead us to solid wrong ; We pray God our friends...
Strona 243 - Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red; An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure...
Strona 184 - No dawning morn does her kind reds display; One slight weak beam would here be thought the day. No gentle stars with their fair gems of light Offend the tyrannous and unquestioned night. Here Lucifer, the mighty captive, reigns, Proud midst his woes and tyrant in his chains.
Strona 13 - LOve in her Sunny Eyes does basking play ; Love walks the pleasant Mazes of her Hair ; Love does on both her Lips for ever stray ; And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there.