Death & Dying
Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 19
From Divine Poems (1633), Funerall Elegies
THus to the world and to the spacious eares
Of fame, I bazon my unboasted teares;
Thus to thy sacred dust, thy Vrne, thy Herse
I consecrate my sighes, my teares, my verse;
Thus to thy soule, thy name, thy just desert
I offer up my joy, my love, my heart;
That earth may know, and every eare that heares,
True worth and griefe were parents to my teares:
That earth may know thy dust, thy Vrne, thy herse
Brought forth & bred my sighes, my teares, my verse;
And that thy soule, thy name, thy just desert,
Invites, incites my joy, my love, my heart.
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MLA
Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 19.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/690/.
Chicago
Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 19.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/690/.
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