1700 Abraham Cowley ENGLISH Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis FOLIO

1700 Abraham Cowley ENGLISH Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis FOLIO

“What shall I do to be for ever known,

And make the Age to come own?”

I shall like beasts or common people die,

         Unless you write my elegy.” – Abraham Cowley, The Motto

Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17^th-century. Famous poems, such as ‘The Motto,’ ‘The Mistress,’ ‘Ode to Pindar,’ and ‘Davideis’ are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar’s works, but in doing so, he misinterpreted the metrical patterns, and, in doing so, did not accurately reflect Pindar’s poetry. He did, however, create one of the most famous odes ever written, which would become the influence for William Wordsworth’s famous ode, “Intimations of Immortality.”

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COWLEY, Abraham

The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley: consisting of those which were formerly printed and those which be design’d for the press

London: Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman…, 1700.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 3 parts in 1
  • Works, Part 1 – [34], 94
  • Ode of Pindar / Davideis / Discourses – [4], 56; 127 (i.e., 125), [1]; 129
  • Cutter – [4], 32, [4]
  • Works, Part 2 – [16], 161, [1]
  • Works, Part 3 – [20], 166, [2]
  • Pagination errors expected
• References: Lowndes 539; Perkin B 7.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~12in X 8.5in (30.5cm x 21.5cm)

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