Religion
Book II, 69: On the dayes of Man
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Religion
Lord, if our dayes be few, why doe we spend
And lavish them unto so evill an end?
Lord, if our dayes be evill, why doe we wrong
Our selves, and Thee, to wish our Day so long?
Our dayes decrease; but, still, our evils renew;
Great God, we make them evill; Thou mak'st them few.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 69: On the dayes of Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/170/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 69: On the dayes of Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/170/.
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