Coldnesse.
1.
AS water fluid is, till it do grow
Solid and fixt by Cold;
So in warm Seasons Love does loosely flow,
Frost only can it hold.
A Womans rigour and disdain
Does his swift course restrain.
The mistresse, or, Several copies of love-verses written by Mr. A. Cowley, in his youth, and now since his death thought fit to be published.
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- The mistresse, or, Several copies of love-verses written by Mr. A. Cowley, in his youth, and now since his death thought fit to be published.
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- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667.
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- London :: Printed for Rowland Reynolds ...,
- 1667.
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2.
Though constant, and consistent now it be,
Yet when kind beams appear,
It melts and glides apace into the Sea,
And loses it selfe there.
So the Suns amorous play
Kisses the Ice away.
3.
You may in Vulgar Loves find alwaies this;
But my Substantiall Love
Of a more firm and perfect Nature is;
No weathers can it move:
Though heat dissolve the Ice again,
The Christall solid does remain.