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Of Solitude

Abraham Cowley
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“Let but thy wicked men from out thee go,
And all the fools that crowd thee so,
Even thou, who dost thy millions boast,
A village less than Islington wilt grow,
A solitude almost.”

Abraham Cowley Of Solitude

Of Solitude, vii; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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“The monster London laugh at me.”

Abraham Cowley Of Solitude

Of Solitude, xi; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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