Religion

Book IV, 109: On the Christian

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV

Religion

Tis not enough that the Kings Daughter should
Be faire within; She must be clad in Gold;
The curious Needle cloathes her whiter skin;
Shee's rich without, and glorious all within:
The true borne Christian, must, as well, be clod
With lives to men, as lin'd with hearts to God.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 109: On the Christian.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/411/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book IV, 109: On the Christian.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/411/.

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