Words that weep and tears that speak. - Abraham Cowley

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Words that weep and tears that speak.

Abraham Cowley

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Abraham Cowley (1618 – July 28, 1667) was an English metaphysical poet. In his own time he was widely considered the greatest poet of the age.

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Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape
Who dost in every country change thy shape!

The thirsty earth soaks up the rain,
And drinks, and gapes for drink again;
The plants suck in the earth, and are
With constant drinking fresh and fair.

To virgin minds, which yet their native whiteness hold,
Not yet discoloured with the love of gold
(That jaundice of the soul,
Which makes it look so gilded and so foul)

Words that weep and tears that speak. - Abraham Cowley

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