Religion
Book I, 60: On the absence of a blessing
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
The blessing gon, what do's there now remaine?
Esau's offended; Iacob must be slaine:
The heart of man once emptyed of a Grace,
How soone the Devill jostles in the place!
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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 60: On the absence of a blessing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/60/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 60: On the absence of a blessing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/60/.
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