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THE PROPHET. Teach me to love! go teach thyself more wit; I chief professor am of it. Teach craft to Scots, and thrift to Jews, Teach boldness to the stews; In tyrants' courts teach supple flattery; Teach Jesuits, that have travell'd far, to lye; Teach fire to burn, and winds to blow, Teach restless fountains how to flow,
The Prophet. by Abraham Cowley. Teach me to love? Go, teach thyself more wit: I chief professor am of it. Teach craft to Scots and thrift to Jews; Teach boldness to the stews; In tyrants' courts teach supple flattery; Teach Jesuits, that have travelled far, to lie; Teach fire to burn and winds to blow; Teach restless fountains how to flow;
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. English Wikisource: 4429493. Volume I.
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† The best collated edition in print for large parts of the oeuvre is still Waller's edition (English Writings, 2 vols., Cambridge, 1905-06), vols. 1 (poems) and 2 (juvenilia, English dramas, prose tracts, and a posthumous imperfect Poem on the Late Civil War, only Book I, of 3), now available via Google Books online.
Abraham Cowley (/ ˈ k uː l i /; [1] 1618 – 28 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721.
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