Religion

Book II, 73: On Sinnes

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II

Religion

My Sinnes are like the Starres, within the skyes;
In view, in number, ev'n as bright, as great:
In this they differ: These doe set and rise;
But ah, my Sinnes doe rise, but never seit:
Shine Son of glory, and my sins are gon,
Like twinkling Starres, before the rising Sun.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 73: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/174/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 73: On Sinnes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/174/.

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