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• Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Davideis, Book i, Line 25...
• When Israel was from bondage led, Led by the Almighty's hand From out of foreign land, The great sea beheld and fled.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Davideis, Book i, Line 41...
• With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state
  deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care...
• Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air.
  -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Bard, I, 2, Line 5...
• Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book i, Line 536...
• Far off his coming shone. -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book vi, Line 768
• God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- The Garden, ii...
• Life is an incurable disease. -- Abraham Cowley