Nothing is there to come, and nothing past,
But an eternal now does always last.
Quotes from Poems — Abraham Cowley
1618–1667 England
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An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair,
And fell adown his shoulders with loose care.
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What shall I do to be forever known,
And make the age to come my own?
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His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might
Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right.
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Hope, of all ills that men endure,
The only cheap and universal cure.
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Unable to corrupt, seek to destroy;
And where their Poysons miss, the Sword employ.
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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape
Who dost in every country change thy shape!
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Here Lucifer the mighty Captive reigns;
Proud, 'midst his Woes, and Tyrant in his Chains.
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Words that weep and tears that speak.
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Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discover
And not to me, thy no less silent lover?
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Ev'en Thou my breast with such blest rage inspire,
As mov'd the tuneful strings of Davids Lyre
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Fond archer, Hope! who tak'st thy aim so far,
That still or short, or wide thine arrows are!
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He saw the beauties of his shape and face,
His female sweetness, and his manly grace
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Thus each extream to equal danger tends,
Plenty as well as Want can separate Friends
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Poet and Saint! to thee alone are given
The two most sacred names of Earth and Heaven.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abraham Cowley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.