Religion

Book IV, 27: On FORMIO

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

Formio will keepe the Sabbath, read and pray,
His lips are seal'd from oaths upon that day;
Formio is clad in black, and will absent
His fleshly thoughts, this holy time of Lent.
Thinkst thou that Formio's shaking hands with Sin?
No, tis but giving hands to meet agin.

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