Religion
To GOD
From Divine Fancies (1633)
Religion
Glorious and Great; whose power did divide
The Waves, and made them Walls on either side;
That didst appeare in Cloven-tongues of Fyre;
Divide my thoughts: and with thy selfe, inspire
My soule; O cleave my Tongue, and make it scatter
Various Expressions in a various Matter;
That like the painefull Bee, I may derive
From sundry Flow'rs, to store my slender Hive:
Yet, may my Thoughts not so divided be,
But they may mixe againe, and fixe in Thee.
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MLA
Quarles, Francis. “To GOD.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/0/.
Chicago
Quarles, Francis. “To GOD.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/0/.
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