Religion

Book IV, 70: A Riddle

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

The Goods we spend we keepe; and what we save,
We lose, and only what we lose, we have.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 70: A Riddle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/372/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 70: A Riddle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/372/.

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