Religion
Book III, 24: On the ten Lepers
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
Ten Lepers clensed? And but one, of ten
Returne the Clenser thanks? Vngratefull Men!
But Ten i'th' Hundred? 'That's a Gaine that we
Receive or Sue, yet oft deny it Thee.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 24: On the ten Lepers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/226/.
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