Religion
Book II, 70: On Sinnes
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Religion
My Sinnes are like the Sands upon the shore;
Which every Ebbe layes open to the Eye:
In this they differ; These are cover'd ore
With ev'ry Flood; My sinnes still open lye:
If thou wilt make mine Eyes a Sea of teares,
O, they will hide the sinnes of all my yeares.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 70: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/171/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 70: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/171/.
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