Religion

Book I, 8: Christs foure houses

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I

Religion

His first house was the blessed Virgins Wombe;
The next, a Cratch; the third, a Crosse the fourth a Tombe.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 8: Christs foure houses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/8/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 8: Christs foure houses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/8/.

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