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COWLEY.
Among the waves appear,
Though every night the sun himself set there.
Cowley.
Though every night the sun himself set there.
Cowley.
The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass:
My name engrav'd herein
Doth contribute my firmness to this glass;
Which, ever since that charm, hath been
As hard as that which grav'd it was.
Donne.
Doth contribute my firmness to this glass;
Which, ever since that charm, hath been
As hard as that which grav'd it was.
Donne.
Their conceits were sometimes slight and trifling.
On an inconstant woman:
He enjoys the calmy sunshine now,
And no breath stirring hears,
In the clear heaven of thy brow,
No smallest cloud appears.
He sees thee gentle, fair and gay.
And trusts the faithless April of thy May.
Cowley.
And no breath stirring hears,
In the clear heaven of thy brow,
No smallest cloud appears.
He sees thee gentle, fair and gay.
And trusts the faithless April of thy May.
Cowley.
Upon a paper written with the juice of lemon,
and read by the fire:
Nothing yet in thee is seen,
But when a genial heat warms thee within,
But when a genial heat warms thee within,
