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COUNCELL (2) by ABRAHAM COWLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AH! WHAT ADVICE CAN I RECEIVE?
Last Line: OF CUTTING THROUGH A FLAME.
Subject(s): ADVICE;
1.

AH! What Advice can I receive?
No, satisfie me first;
For who would Physick-Potions give
To one that dies with Thirst?

2.

A little puffe of breath we find,
Small fires can quench and kill;
But when they're great, the adverse wind
Does make them greater still.

3.

Now, whilst you speak, it moves me much;
But strait I'me just the same;
Alas, th' effect must needs be such
Of Cutting through a Flame.



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