Religion

Book II, 67: On Sinnes

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II

Religion

My Sinnes are like the hayres upon my head,
And raise their Audit to as high a score;
In this they differ; These doe dayly shed,
But, ah, my sinnes grow dayly more and more:
If, by my Hayres, thou number out my sinnes,
Heav'n make me bald, before that day begins.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 67: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/168/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 67: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/168/.

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