Religion

Book III, 90: On naturall Sins

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III

Religion

To murther Parents, or our selves, has bin,
Though falsly, counted an unnaturall Sin:
By Nature, we are apt to fall into 't;
I rather think't unnaturall not to doe't:
If heav'n should but forsake us, 'twere agin.
The very course of Nature, not to sin.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 90: On naturall Sins.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/292/.

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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 90: On naturall Sins.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/292/.

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