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The Reputation of Abraham Cowley (1660-1800)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

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When Abraham Cowley died in 1667, he was mourned by practically the whole English literary world with such eulogies as the following:

His Body . . . . lies near the Ashes of Chaucer and Spenser, the two most Famous English Poets of Former Times. But whoever would do him right should not only equal him to the Principal Ancient Writers of our own Nation, but should also rank his name amongst the Authors of the true Antiquity, the best of the Greeks and Romans.

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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1923

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