Religion
Book IV, 103: On ZELVSTVS
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
Zelustus weares his clothes, as he were clod
To frighten Crowes, and not to serve his God;
As if the Symptomes of Regeneration
Were nothing but a Christian out of Fashion.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 103: On ZELVSTVS.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/405/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 103: On ZELVSTVS.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/405/.
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