“My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;Judge not the play before the play is done:Her plot hath many changes; every daySpeaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.”Francis Quarles Epigram. Respice Finem (1635).
“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)