Religion

Book I, 99: On Buying of the Bible

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Fancies (1633), Book I

Religion

Tis but a folly to rejoyce, or boast,
How smal a price, thy wel-bought Pen'worth cost:
Vntill thy death, thou shalt not fully know
Whether thy Purchase be good cheap, or no;
And at that day, beleev't, it will appeare,
If not extreamely cheape, extreamely deare.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 99: On Buying of the Bible.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/99/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Book I, 99: On Buying of the Bible.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/99/.

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