Francis Quarles: Day

Francis Quarles was English poet. Explore interesting quotes on day.
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“My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.”

Francis Quarles

Epigram. Respice Finem (1635).

Soul , Change

“Sweet Phosphor, bring the day
Whose conquering ray
May chase these fogs;
Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!
Light will repay
The wrongs of night;
Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!”

Francis Quarles

Book I, no. 14.
Emblems (1635)

Light , Night

“Let all thy joys be as the month of May
And all thy days be as a marriage day:
Let sorrow, sickness, and a troubled mind
Be stranger to thee.”

Francis Quarles

To a Bride.

Marriage , Joy

“We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil;
We tire the night in thought, the day in toil.”

Francis Quarles

Book II, no. 2.
Emblems (1635)

Night

“And what's a life? A weary pilgrimage,
Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage
With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age.”

Francis Quarles

What Is Life.

Life , Age , Childhood