Search results
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.
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Chapter Summary. Find summaries for every chapter, including a The Prophet Chapter Summary Chart to help you understand the book.
22 sie 2014 · INTRODUCTION. Abraham Cowley was the son of Thomas Cowley, stationer, and citizen of London in the parish of St. Michael le Querne, Cheapside. Thomas Cowley signed his will on the 24th of July, 1618, and it was proved on the 11th of the next month by his widow, Thomasine.
To what from God, I, his loud prophet, tell. Bid both the poles suppress their stormy noise, And bid the roaring sea contain its voice. Be still, thou sea; be still, thou air and earth, Still as old Chaos, before Motion's birth: A dreadful host of judgments is gone out, In strength and number more Than e'er was rais'd by God before,
An unidentified manuscript of a poem by Cowley is described in an old unspecified catalogue as: ‘Cowley (Abraham). Manuscript Poem and cipher. Oblong folio strip. (Cowley was cipher Secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria, circa 1647)’.
