Religion
Book IV, 57: On an Hower-glasse
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
Mans life is like an Hower-glasse, wherein
Each sev'rall sand that passes is a Sin:
And when the latest sand is spent and run,
Our Sinnes are finisht, as our lives are done.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 57: On an Hower-glasse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/359/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 57: On an Hower-glasse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/359/.
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