My soul; sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes, every day Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.
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Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
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Birth: | 8th May, 1592 |
Death: | 8th September, 1644 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet |
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Francis Quarles was born in Romford, United Kingdom. He was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems. He studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1608. He wrote several books include: Emblems, divine and moral, Uniform with the Enchiridion, Judgment and mercy for afflicted souls, Emblemes, Argalus and Parthenia.
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