Francis Quarles, Emblems (1634), Book III, Emblem xiii
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And what’s a life? The flourishing array Of the proud summer-meadow, which to-day Wears her green plush, and is to-morrow hay.
— Francis Quarles on Meadow
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About Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.
About Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.
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