Abraham Cowley
1618–1667
Best-known poems
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From the “Hymn to Light”
SAY, from what golden quivers of the sky
Do all thy wingèd arrows fly?
Swiftness and Power by birth are thine: …
All poems (9)
- A Dream of ElysiumPHOEBUS, expell'd by the approaching night,
- A WishThis only grant me, that my means may lie
- AnacreonticsThe thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
- From the “Hymn to Light”SAY, from what golden quivers of the sky
- InvocationFrom “The Davideis”
- On the Death of Mr. William HerveyIt was a dismal and a fearful night:
- The ChronicleMargarita first possessed,
- The EcstasyWHERE, like a pillow on a bed,
- The WishWell then! I now do plainly see
