Living
6.
Living
Sed quamvis nimio servens exuberet aestu,
Scit nivibus servare fidem, pariter que favilia
Durescit glacies, tanti secuta vaporia
Arcano defensa gelu, fumo que fideli
Lambit contiguit innoxia flamma pristinas:
Summo cana jugo cohibet (mirabile dictu)
Vicinam flammis glaciem, aeterno que rigore
Ardentes horrent scopuli, stat vertice celsi
Collis hyems, calid… que nivem regit … favill….
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MLA
Cowley, Abraham. “6.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/126/.
Chicago
Cowley, Abraham. “6.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/126/.
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