Religion
Book IV, 30: On HERODIAS
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
I Have a young Herodias lives within me,
That never leaves to dance, untill she win me
To grant her Suit; will never cease to plead
Vntill I give her my Iohn Baptists head:
O then my sorrow would be past her date,
And I, like Hrod, should repent too late.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 30: On HERODIAS.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/332/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 30: On HERODIAS.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/332/.
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