Religion
Book I, 68: On the Thiefe and Slanderer
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I
Religion
The Thiefe, and Sland'rer are almost the same;
T'one steales my goods; the tother, my good name:
T'one lives in score; the other dies in shame.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 68: On the Thiefe and Slanderer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/68/.
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Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 68: On the Thiefe and Slanderer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/68/.
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