The Poetry of Abraham CowleyMacmillan, 1979 - 162 pages |
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... thee by ; Adam ( Gods Nomenclator ) could not frame One that enough should signifie . Astraea or Caelia as unfit would prove For Thee , as ' tis to call the Deity , Jove . During this deferment - produced , I would argue , by the ...
... thee by ; Adam ( Gods Nomenclator ) could not frame One that enough should signifie . Astraea or Caelia as unfit would prove For Thee , as ' tis to call the Deity , Jove . During this deferment - produced , I would argue , by the ...
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... Thee shine so fair , So exquisitely bright , That her dim Lamp must disappear Before thy potent Light . 3 Three hours each morn in dressing Thee , Maliciously are spent ; And make that Beauty Tyranny , That's else a Civil Government . 4 ...
... Thee shine so fair , So exquisitely bright , That her dim Lamp must disappear Before thy potent Light . 3 Three hours each morn in dressing Thee , Maliciously are spent ; And make that Beauty Tyranny , That's else a Civil Government . 4 ...
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... Thee . ( P , 138 ) This poem is another example of the importance of Ovid for Cowley , deriving in fact from the Amores II , vii and II , viii . Ovid , too , complains that his mistress suspects him unjustly of having an affair with her ...
... Thee . ( P , 138 ) This poem is another example of the importance of Ovid for Cowley , deriving in fact from the Amores II , vii and II , viii . Ovid , too , complains that his mistress suspects him unjustly of having an affair with her ...
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