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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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It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.

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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?

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Here Lucifer the mighty Captive reigns;
Proud, 'midst his Woes, and Tyrant in his Chains.

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Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.

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Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley
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Born: 1618
Died: July 28, 1667 (aged 49)
Bio: Abraham Cowley was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721.
Known for:
  1. The Poems of Abraham Cowley
  2. Cowley's Essays
  3. Essays, plays and sundry verses
  4. The civil war
  5. The Essays Of Abraham Cowley
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