The Works of Abraham Cowley/Volume 2/Impossibilities
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IMPOSSIBILITIES.
Impossibilities! oh no, there's none;
Could mine bring thy heart captive home;
As easily other dangers were o'erthrown,
As Cæsar, after vanquish'd Rome,
His little Asian foes did overcome.
Could mine bring thy heart captive home;
As easily other dangers were o'erthrown,
As Cæsar, after vanquish'd Rome,
His little Asian foes did overcome.
True lovers oft by Fortune are envied;
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 always thrive.
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 always thrive.
As stars (not powerful else) when they conjoin,
Change, as they please, the world's estate;
So thy heart in conjunction with mine
Shall our own fortunes regulate;
And to our stars themselves prescribe a fate.
Change, as they please, the world's estate;
So thy heart in conjunction with mine
Shall our own fortunes regulate;
And to our stars themselves prescribe a fate.
'T would 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, than I would Do.
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, than I would Do.
Through spite of our worst enemies, thy friends;
Through local banishment from thee;
Through the loud thoughts of less-concerning ends,
As easy shall my passage be,
As was the amorous youth's o'er Helle's sea:
Through local banishment from thee;
Through the loud thoughts of less-concerning ends,
As easy shall my passage be,
As was the amorous youth's o'er Helle's sea:
In vain the winds, in vain the billows, roar:
In vain the stars their aid deny'd;
He saw the Sestian tower on th' other shore;
Shall th' Hellespont our loves divide?
No, not the Atlantick ocean's boundless tide.
In vain the stars their aid deny'd;
He saw the Sestian tower on th' other shore;
Shall th' Hellespont our loves divide?
No, not the Atlantick ocean's boundless tide.
Such seas betwixt us easily conquer'd are;
But, gentle maid! do not deny
To let thy beams shine on me from afar;
And still the taper let me espy:
For, when thy light goes out, I sink and die.
But, gentle maid! do not deny
To let thy beams shine on me from afar;
And still the taper let me espy:
For, when thy light goes out, I sink and die.