Written in retirement after the turmoil of the Civil War, these short essays praise a modest, private life over the scramble for greatness. Cowley writes on liberty, solitude, obscurity, agriculture, the garden, greatness and avarice, mixing graceful prose with his own poems and translations from Horace and other Latin poets.
Graceful, companionable essays by a poet who had learned the value of a quiet life. Download the free EPUB.