Francis Quarles, The School of the Heart, Ode XXX, Stanza 4.
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Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?
— Francis Quarles on Lilies
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Lilies" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 457-58.)
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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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