Religion
Book II, 79: On God and the King
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Religion
Ovr God and Prince (whom God for ever blesse)
Are both, in Mercy, of a Constitution:
Both slow, till meere necessity shall presse,
To put their penall Lawes in Execution:
And marke, How in a like successe they joyne;
At both we grumble; and at both, repine.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 79: On God and the King.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/180/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 79: On God and the King.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/180/.
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