Religion

Sions Elegies: Threnodia I, Eleg. 21

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Poems (1633), Sions Elegies

Religion

WHere, where art thou, O sacred Lambe of peace,
That promis'd to the heavie laden, ease?
Thee, thee alone, my often bended knee
Invokes, that haue no other helpe, but thee;
My foes (amazed at my hoarse complaining)
Scoffe at my oft repeated cries, disdaining
To lend their prosp'rous hand, they hisse and smile,
Taking a pleasure to behold my spoile:
Their hands delight to bruize my broken reeds,
And still persist, to prick that heart that bleeds;
But there's a Day (if Prophets can divine)
Shal scourge their sins, as they have scourged mine.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Sions Elegies: Threnodia I, Eleg. 21.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/606/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Sions Elegies: Threnodia I, Eleg. 21.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/606/.

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