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1669 FOLIO Works of Abraham Cowley English Poetry
1669 FOLIO Works of Abraham Cowley English Poetry
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1669 FOLIO Works of Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Davideis



“What shall I do to be for ever known,

And make the Age to come own?”

I shall like beasts or common people die,

Unless you write my elegy.”

– Abraham Cowley, The Motto



Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This 1669 edition features famous poems such as ‘The Mistress,’ ‘The Motto,’ ‘Ode to Pindar,’ and ‘Davideis’. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar’s works, but in doing so, he misinterpreted the metrical patterns, and did not accurately reflect Pindar’s poetry. He did, however, create one of the most famous odes ever written, which would become the influence for William Wordsworth’s famous ode “Intimations of Immortality.”



This second edition includes a ‘life and writings of Cowley’ by Thomas Sprat.



Item number: #5784

Price: $499



COWLEY, Abraham



The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley : consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which he design'd for the press : now published out of the authors original copies



London : Printed by J.M.for H. Herringman, 1669.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[42], 41, [1], 80, [4], 70, 154, 23, [1], 148

References: Lowndes II:539; Perkin B7; Wing C 6650

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~12in X 7.5in (30.5cm x cm)



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