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Cowley’s Essays
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VIII.
Nor does this happy place only dispense Such various pleasures to the sense: Here health itself does live, That salt of life, which does to all a relish give, Its standing pleasure, and intrinsic wealth, The body’s virtue, and the soul’s good fortune, health. The tree life, when it in Eden stood, Did its immortal head to heaven rear; It lasted a tall cedar till the flood; Now a small thorny shrub it does appear; Nor will it thrive too everywhere: It always here is freshest seen, ’Tis only here an evergreen. If through the strong and beauteous fence Of temperance and innocence, And wholesome labours and a quiet mind, Any diseases passage find, They must not think here to assail A land unarmed, or without a guard; They must fight for it, and dispute it hard, Before they can prevail. Scarce any plant is growing here Which against death some weapon does not bear, Let cities boast that they provide For life the ornaments of pride; But ’tis the country and the field That furnish it with staff and shield.
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Chicago: Abraham Cowley, "VIII.," Cowley’s Essays, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in Cowley’s Essays (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed November 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UHMUBURNB9U5GQB.
MLA: Cowley, Abraham. "VIII." Cowley’s Essays, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in Cowley’s Essays, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 10 Nov. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UHMUBURNB9U5GQB.
Harvard: Cowley, A, 'VIII.' in Cowley’s Essays, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Cowley’s Essays, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 10 November 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UHMUBURNB9U5GQB.
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