Poems: Miscellanies, The Mistress, Pindarique Odes, Davideis, Verses Written on Several Occasions |
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... Trees , and Men together lye , Yet enter undisturb'd into the Eye . And this great Prince of Knowledge is by Fate Thrust into th ' noise and business of a State , All Virtues , and some Customs of the Court , Other mens Labour , are at ...
... Trees , and Men together lye , Yet enter undisturb'd into the Eye . And this great Prince of Knowledge is by Fate Thrust into th ' noise and business of a State , All Virtues , and some Customs of the Court , Other mens Labour , are at ...
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... Tree about which did not know The Love betwixt us two ? Henceforth , ye gentle Trees , for ever fade ; Or your sad branches thicker joyn , And into darksome shades combine , Dark as the Grave wherein my Friend is laid . 7 . Henceforth ...
... Tree about which did not know The Love betwixt us two ? Henceforth , ye gentle Trees , for ever fade ; Or your sad branches thicker joyn , And into darksome shades combine , Dark as the Grave wherein my Friend is laid . 7 . Henceforth ...
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... it ; for they say The Parlament did a noble bounty do , And gave him the whole Prize , their Tenths and Fifteens too . * The name of one of the Castles in Jersey . THe The Tree of Knowledge . That there is no 44 ABRAHAM COWLEY.
... it ; for they say The Parlament did a noble bounty do , And gave him the whole Prize , their Tenths and Fifteens too . * The name of one of the Castles in Jersey . THe The Tree of Knowledge . That there is no 44 ABRAHAM COWLEY.
Page 45
... Tree of Knowledge . That there is no Knowledge . Against the Dogmatists . I. He sacred Tree midst the fair Orchard grew ; The Phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd Nest . That right Porphyrian Tree which did true Logick ...
... Tree of Knowledge . That there is no Knowledge . Against the Dogmatists . I. He sacred Tree midst the fair Orchard grew ; The Phoenix Truth did on it rest , And built his perfum'd Nest . That right Porphyrian Tree which did true Logick ...
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... Trees as beauteous are , and flowers as gay , As ever they were wont to be ; Nay the Birds rural musick too Is as melodious and free , As if they sung to pleasure you : I saw a Rose - Bud o'pe this morn ; I'll swear The blushing Morning ...
... Trees as beauteous are , and flowers as gay , As ever they were wont to be ; Nay the Birds rural musick too Is as melodious and free , As if they sung to pleasure you : I saw a Rose - Bud o'pe this morn ; I'll swear The blushing Morning ...
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Page 280 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 361 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 211 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 49 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 41 - If I should tell the politic arts To take and keep men's hearts ; The letters, embassies, and spies, The frowns, and smiles, and flatteries, The quarrels, tears, and perjuries, Numberless, nameless...
Page 34 - 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? Henceforth, ye gentle trees, for ever fade ; Or your sad branches thicker join, And into darksome shades combine, Dark as the grave wherein my friend is laid...
Page 16 - Yonder we saw it plain ; and here 'tis now, Like spirits in a place, we know not how. London that vents of false ware so much store, In no ware deceives us more. For men led by the colour, and the shape, Like Zeuxis...
Page 237 - For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
Page 88 - I descend to the grave May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too!
Page 217 - Judgment also will I lay to the line, And righteousness to the plummet: And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding place.