Francis Quarles: Herring

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Francis Quarles: 46 quotes 2 likes

“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

“This house is to be let for life or years;
Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears.
Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known,
She must be dearly let, or let alone.”

Francis Quarles

Book I, no. 10, Epigram 10.
Emblems (1635)

Life , Tear , Housing

“The world's an Inn; and I her guest.”

Francis Quarles

On the World.

World