Religion

Book IV, 76: To GOD

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

If thou shouldst strike a blow for every slipp
That mortalls make, or spurre for every tripp,
Within a moments space, here would be found
No place left free t'inflict an other wound:
Hackneys and spur-gall'd Iades would happier be,
And in condition, better farre, then Wee.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 76: To GOD.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/378/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 76: To GOD.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/378/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Francis Quarles