“Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.”
Quote by Abraham Cowley
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Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowley was a 17th-century English poet renowned for his elegant poetic style and profound literary thoughts. His works had a profound impact on the literary world of his time and are considered among the representative figures of classical poetry. more
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Source: The Works of Mr. Abraham Cowley ...: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed, and Those which He Design'd for the Press, Publish'd Out of the Author's Original Copies ; with The Cutter of Coleman-street
Source: Essays and Selected Verse: With an Introd
“Nay, in death's hand, the grape-stone proves As strong as thunder is in Jove's.”
Source: The works
“Hope! fortune's cheating lottery; when for one prize an hundred blanks there be!”
“Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night.”
Source: The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley ...: Consisting of those which were formerly printed; and those which he design'd for the press, publish'd out of the author's original copies. With The cutter of Coleman-street ...
Source: Prose works of Abraham Cowley ; including his essays in prose and verse
“There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.”
Source: The Works ... Re-edited. - London, G. Kearsley 1806