Religion
Book III, 92: On SOPHRONIA
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book III
Religion
Sophronia chooses rather to commit
Selfe Murther, then by violence, to submit
Her ventur'd honor to th'injurious trust
Of the eye sparkling Tyrants furious Lust:
What means Sophronia? Dare her conscience frame,
To act a Sin, but to prevent a Shame?
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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 92: On SOPHRONIA.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/294/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book III, 92: On SOPHRONIA.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/294/.
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