Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMPOSSIBILITIES, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Impossibilities? Oh no, there's none Last Line: For when thy light goes out, I sinke and dye. | ||||||||
1. IMpossibilities? oh no, there's none; Could mine bring thy Heart Captive home; As eas'ly other dangers were o'rethrown, As Caesar after vanquisht Rome, His little Asian foes did overcome. 2. True Lovers oft by Fortune are envy'd, Oft Earth and Hell against them strive; But Providence engages on their side, And a good end at last does give; At last Just Men and Lovers alwaies thrive. 3. As starres (not powerful else) when they conjoyn, Change, as they please, the World's estate; So thy heart in Conjunction with mine, Shall our own fortunes regulate; And to the Stars themselves prescribe a Fate. 4. 'Twould grieve me much to find some bold Romance That should two kindeart in Conjunction with mine, Shall our own fortunes regulate; And to the Stars themselves prescribe a Fate. 4. 'Twould grieve me much to find some bold Romance That should two kind examples shew, Which before us in wonders did advance; Not, that I thought that story true, But none should Fancy more, then I would doe. 5. Through spite of our worst Enemies, thy Friends, Through Local Banishment from mee; Through the loud Thoughts of selfe-concerning Ends, As easie shall my passage be, As was the Amorous Youth's o're Helles Sea. 6. In vain the Winds, in vain the Billows roare; In vaine the Starres their aid deni'd: He saw the Sestian Tower on th' other shore; Shall th' Hellespont our Loves divide? No, not th' Atlantick Ocean's boundlesse Tide. 7. Such Seas betwixt us eas'ly conquer'd are; But, gentle Maid, doe not deny To let thy Beams shine on me from afarre? And still that Taper let me 'espy; For when thy Light goes out, I sinke and dye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AGAINST HOPE by ABRAHAM COWLEY ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW by ABRAHAM COWLEY ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY by ABRAHAM COWLEY THE CHRONICLE; A BALLAD by ABRAHAM COWLEY TO HIS MISTRESS by ABRAHAM COWLEY A DEDICATORY ELEGY TO THE ... UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE by ABRAHAM COWLEY |
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