Religion

Book I, 25: On the Needle of a Sun-diall

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I

Religion

Behold this needle; when the Arctick sone
Hath toucht it, how it trembles vp and downe;
Hunts for the Pole; and cannot be possest,
Of peace, untill it finde that poynt, that rest:
Such is the heart of Man; which, when it hath
Attayn'd the vertue of a lively faith,
It findes no rest on earth, makes no abode,
In any Object, but his heav'n, his God.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 25: On the Needle of a Sun-diall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/25/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 25: On the Needle of a Sun-diall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/25/.

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