Religion
Book IV, 82: On an evill Conscience
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
What hells of Horror, an evill Conscience brings.
What strange Chimera's! what prodigious things!
A pregnant womb of wonders! Ev'ry minit
We Sin; but least, when most we sin agin it.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 82: On an evill Conscience.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/384/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 82: On an evill Conscience.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/384/.
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