Death & Dying

Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 6

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Poems (1633), Funerall Elegies

Death & Dying

FArewell those eyes, whose gentle smiles forsooke
No misery, taught Charity how to looke:
Farewell those cheerefull eyes, that did e'rewhile
Teach succour'd misery how to blesse a smile:
Farewell those eyes whose mixt aspect, of late,
Did reconcile humility and state:
Farewell those eyes, that to their joyfull guest,
Proclaim'd their ordinary fare, a feast;
Farewell those eyes, the load-stars, late, whereby
The graces ail'd secure, from eye to eye:
Farewell deare eyes, bright Lamps; ô who can tell
Your glorious welcome, or our sad farewell!

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 6.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/677/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 6.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/677/.

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