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Abraham Cowley Quotes about Time

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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.

Abraham Cowley
Time, Past, Doe
Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”, p.11

Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

Abraham Cowley
Time, Past, Being Thankful
Abraham Cowley (2013). “Cowley's Essays”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

His time's forever, everywhere his place.

Abraham Cowley
Time, Forever
"Friendship in Absence". Poem by Abraham Cowley, Stanza 3,

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.

Abraham Cowley
Wise, Running, Time
Abraham Cowley (1777). “Select works [ed. by R. Hurd].”, p.257

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