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" For, to make myself absolutely dead in a poetical capacity, my resolution at present is, never to exercise any more that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching... "
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 575
1846
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Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 264 pages
...; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not ufe to court it as a miftrefs, but marry it as a wife, and take it for better or worfe, as an infeparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 37-38

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 658 pages
...; for when we oner fall in love with that bewitehing art, we do not nfe to eourt it as a miflrefs, but marry it as a wife, and take it for better, or word-, as an infeparable eompanion of our whole life : but as the marriages of infants do but rarely...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 378 pages
...; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not ufe to court it as a miftrcfs, but marry it as a wife, and take it for better or worfe, as an infeparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 7

English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not ufe to court it as a miflrefs, but marry it as a wife, and take it for better or worfe, as an infeparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 294 pages
...that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not use...worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely prosper, so no man ought to wonder at the diminution...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 pages
...that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not use...worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely prosper, so no man ought to wonder at the diminution...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not usd to court it as a mistress, but marry it as a wife,...worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely prosper, so no man ought to wonder at the diminution...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 13

British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not use...but marry it as a wife, and take it for better or 2 SUt. Tbeb. lib. i. 416. worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages...
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Prose works

Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not use...worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely prosper, so no man ought to wonder at the diminution...
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Prose Works of Abraham Cowley ; Including His Essays in Prose and Verse

Abraham Cowley - 1826 - 298 pages
...that faculty. It is, I confess, but seldom seen that the poet dies before the man ; for, when we once fall in love with that bewitching art, we do not use...worse, as an inseparable companion of our whole life. But, as the marriages of infants do but rarely prosper, so no man ought to wonder at the diminution...
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