Religion

Book III, 88: On formall Devotion

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III

Religion

Men doe God Service with the same devotion,
As the soule Body takes his loathed Potion:
They stay and stay, then gulp it downe in hast,
Not for the pleasure, but to have it past:
Whose druggy Tast goes so against their minde;
That, oft, the better part is left behind,
And what is taken,'s taken but in vaine,
It either works not, or comes up againe.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 88: On formall Devotion.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/290/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 88: On formall Devotion.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/290/.

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