“A man must be overly ambitious who is not satisfied with moderation.”
About Abraham Cowley
1618–28 July 1667
In the tumultuous landscape of seventeenth-century English literature, few figures shine with such early brilliance yet fade with such puzzling rapidity as Abraham Cowley. Born in 1618 in London, this prodigious poet who published his first collection at fifteen, who dazzled the cavalier court and influenced an entire…