Religion
Book II, 85: On a dead Man
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book II
Religion
It is a common use to entertaine
The knowledge of a great man, by his Trayne:
How great's the dead-man then? There's none that be
So backt with troopes of Followers, as He.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 85: On a dead Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/186/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book II, 85: On a dead Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/186/.
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