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• An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Davideis, Book ii, Line 95...
• 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...
• Years following years steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.
• God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- The Garden, ii...
• Life is an incurable disease. -- Abraham Cowley
• Hence, ye profane! I hate ye all, Both the great vulgar and the small.
  -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- Horace, Book iii, Ode 1...
• Fill all the glasses there, for why Should every creature drink but I?
  Why, man of morals, tell me why? -- Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) -- From Anacreon, ii, Drinking...
• The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink agai
  The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair....