Book I, 95: On Repentance

Canst th recover thy consumed Flesh,
From the well-feasted Wormes? Or put on fresh?
Canst thou redeeme thy Ashes from the dead?
Or quit thy Carkas from her sheet of Lead?
Canst thou awaken thy earth-closed eyes?
Vnlock thy Marble Monument, and rise?
All this thou mayst performe, with as great ease,
As to Repent thee, mortall, when thou please:
It is thy Grave, not Bed that thou art in:
Th'art not asleepe, but thou art dead in Sin.