Category: DIALOGUES

[note]Him Down] it down. 1664, 1668 [/note] Oak Why cut you off my boughs, which largely bend,[note]which largely bend,] both large, and long, 1653 [/note] And from the scorching sun do you defend,[note]And from the scorching sun do you defend,] That keepe you from the heat, and scorching Sun; 1653; And from the scorching Sun…

Earth O horrid Darkness,[note]Darkness,] Darkness! 1668 [/note] and you powers of night,[note]night,] Night! 1668 [/note] You direful[note]You direful] Melancholy 1653 [/note] shades, made by obstructed light,[note]light,] Light! 1668 [/note] Why so cruel? What evil have I done[note]done] done? 1653 [/note] To part me from my husband, the bright sun?[note]A marginal note in Cavendish’s 1653 text…

Earth O cruel Cold, to life an enemy,[note]enemy,] Enemy! 1668 [/note] A misery to man and[note]A misery to man and] Troubler of Man, and Man’s 1664, 1668 [/note] posterity![note]posterity!] Posterity; 1664 [/note] Most envious Cold, to stupify man’s[note]man’s] Mens 1653 [/note] brain, Destroys[note]Destroys] And spoil 1664, 1668 [/note] that monarchy where wit should reign. Tyrant…

Moisture to Earth[note]Moisture to Earth] Moisture to the Earth. 1664; Moisture to the Earth. 1668 [/note] There’s none hath such an enemy as I; The sun doth drink me up when he is[note]he is] he’s a 1653 [/note] dry; He sucks me out of every hole I lie, Draws me up high, from whence I…

Body What bodies else but man’s did Nature make To join with such a mind, no rest can take,[note]take,] take? 1664, 1668 [/note] That ebbs and flows with full and falling tide,[note]falling tide,] Falling-Tide, 1668 [/note] As minds dejected fall, or swell with pride, In waves of passion roll to billows high,                                 …

Man ’Tis[note]’Tis] TT is most 1664; IT is most 1668. The 1664 Errata list corrects “TT” to “it” (“IT”). [/note] strange, How we do change.[note]change.] change! 1668 [/note] First to live, and then to die, Is a great[note]Is a great] Is the greatest 1664, 1668 [/note] misery. To give us sense, great[note]great] for nought but…

A company of poets strove to buy Parnassus Hill, upon which Fame[note]upon which Fame] where Fame thereon 1653 [/note] doth lie, And Helicon, a well that runs below, Of which all[note]Of which all] Which 1653 [/note] those that drink straight[note]straight] thereof, strait 1653 [/note] poets grow. But money they had none (for poets all are…

Nature a talent gives to every one, As Heav’n[note]Heav’n] Heaven 1653 [/note] gives grace to work salvation.[note]salvation.] Salvation from. 1653 [/note] This talent given is[note]This talent given is] The Talent Nature gives 1653; The Talent Nature gives, ’s 1664 [/note] a noble mind, Where actions good are minted current coin,[note]are minted current coin,] a Current…

[note]Of Fame: A Dialogue between Two Natural Opinions] Another Dialogue of Fame between two Natural Opinions. 1664; Another Dialogue of Fame, between Two Natural Opinions. 1668 [/note] 1 Opinion To desire fame, it[note]To desire fame, it] Fame to desire, 1664, 1668 [/note] is a[note]a] a most 1664, 1668 [/note] noble thought Which Nature in the…

[note]Of Fame: A Dialogue between two Supernatural Opinions] A Dialogue between two Supernatural Opinions Concerning Fame. 1664; A Dialogue between Two Supernatural Opinions concerning Fame. 1668 [/note] 1 Opinion Who knows, but that man’s soul in fame delights[note]in fame delights] with Fame is pleas’d, 1664, 1668 [/note] After the body and it disunites?[note]After the body…