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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.
In Works (1668) Cowley's editor Sprat kept the internal title-pages from Poems (1656) for Parts II-IV (Mistress-Davideis); the first four parts are separately paginated, as are Cowley's Davideidos Liber Unus in Latin and the verse and prose writings that follow.
The Works of Abraham Cowley. This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Return to the top of the page.
This book argues that Cowley's initial popularity and later fall in reputation have a similar origin: the experimental qualities, and the range, of his poetry. Cowley's works bridge disciplines (science, poetry), modes (prose, verse), and genres (lyric, ode, epic) in unexpected ways.
Famous poet / 1618-1667. Abraham Cowley was an English poet of the 17th century, a period of significant intellectual and political upheaval that would come to be known as the Renaissance. Celebrated in his own lifetime, Cowley’s work fell into obscurity after his death but experienced a resurgence of interest in the 20th century.
