Life is an incurable disease. — Abraham Cowley

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Life is an incurable disease.

Abraham Cowley

1656

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Nature of life Life Pessimism

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Poem

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1656

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Abraham Cowley

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Cowley, Abraham. "To Dr Scarborough." Poems written by A. Cowley. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, st. 6.

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