Religion
Book III, 91: On the Arke
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
If Flouds of Teares should drown my world of Sin,
Alas, my floating Arke retaines within,
A cursed Cham to store the World agin:
What then? so long as holy Sem vouchsafeth
But to divide a Tent with bashfull Iapheth.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 91: On the Arke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/293/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 91: On the Arke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/293/.
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