Religion

Book III, 1: On old Wine and new

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III

Religion

Old crazy Casks are not designd to hold
New-Wines; nor yet new Vessells, for the Old:
Old must, with Old; and new, with new, be filld:
Else will the vessels breake, and Wine be spilld:
These empty Vessels are thy heart and mine;
The Law and Gospell represents the Wine:
The new's the Spirit, and the old's the Letter;
With reverence to the Text, The new's the better.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 1: On old Wine and new.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/203/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 1: On old Wine and new.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/203/.

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