Hers buds an L, and there a B,
Here sprouts a V, and there a T,
And all the flourishing letters stand in rows.--COWLEY.


As they sought only for novelty, they did not much inquire whether
their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross;
whether they compared the little to the great, or the great to the
little.

Physic and chirurgery for a lover:


Gently, ah gently, madam, touch
The wound, which you yourself have made;
That pain must needs be very much
Which makes me of your hand afraid.
Cordials of pity give me now,
For I too weak of purgings grow.--COWLEY.


The world and a clock


Mahol th' inferior world's fantastic face
Through all the turns of matter's maze did trace;
Great Nature's well-set clock in pieces took;
On all the springs and smallest wheels did look
Of life and motion, and with equal art
Made up the whole again of every part.--COWLEY.