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Abraham Cowley on Valentine's Day

1618–1667 England

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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape
Who dost in every country change thy shape!

Poems (1656)

A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.

Poems (1656)

Lukewarmness I account a sin
As great in love as in religion.

The Mistress (1647)

He saw the beauties of his shape and face,
His female sweetness, and his manly grace

Poems (1656)

Ye fields of Cambridge, our dear Cambridge, say,
Have ye not seen us walking every day?
Was there a tree about which did not know
The love betwixt us two?

Poems (1656)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abraham Cowley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.