Religion

Book III, 16: On our Saviours Fishing

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III

Religion

When as our blessed Saviour tooke in hand
To be a Fisher; Marke the rule he keepes;
He first puts off a little from the Land;
And, by degrees, he launchd into the Deepes:
By whose example, our Men-fishers hold
The selfe same course; They do the same, or should.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 16: On our Saviours Fishing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/218/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 16: On our Saviours Fishing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/218/.

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