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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FRAILTY, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet's Biography
First Line: I know 'tis sordid, and 'tis low
Last Line: All those grave sullen vapours melt in tears away.
First Line: I know 'tis sordid, and 'tis low
Last Line: All those grave sullen vapours melt in tears away.
1.
I Know 'tis sordid, and 'tis low;
(All this as well as you I know)
Which I so hotly now pursue;
(I know all this as well as you)
But whilst this cursed flesh I bear,
And all the Weaknesse, and the Baseness there,
Alas, alas, it will be alwaies so.
2.
In vain, exceedingly in vain
I rage sometimes, and bite my Chaine;
For to what purpose do I bite
With Teeth, which nere will break it quite?
For if the chiefest Christian Head,
Was by this sturdy Tyrant buffeted,
What wonder is it, if weak I be slain?
3.
As when the Sun appears,
The Morning Thicknesse clears;
So, when my thoughts let sadnesse in,
And a new Morning does begin,
If my Beautie's piercing ray,
Strike through my Trembling Eyes a suddain day;
All those grave sullen Vapours melt in Tears away.
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