Religion

Book IV, 45: On the Woman with the Issue

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

How could thy Soule, fond Woman, be assur'd
Thy long disease could be so eas'ly cur'd?
What? couldst thou think the touch of cloth was good
To dry the Fountaine of thy flowing Blood?
Or was't because our blessed Saviour wore it?
Or why? I read not, that thou didst adore it:
He nere so much as ownd thee, Woman: Sure,
Thy Faith, and not his Garments wrought the Cure

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 45: On the Woman with the Issue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/347/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 45: On the Woman with the Issue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/347/.

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