Religion
Book II, 23: On the Sun and starres
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Religion
Ovr dying Saviour's like the setting Sun;
His Saints, on earth, are like the Stars of night:
Experience tels us, till the Sun be gon,
The starres appeare not and retaine no light:
Till Sun-set we descerne no Starres at all,
And Saints receive their Glory, in his fall:
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 23: On the Sun and starres.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/124/.
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