Francis Quarles, The School of the Heart, Ode XXX, Stanza 5.
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The sun-observing marigold.

— Francis Quarles on Marigolds

What It Means

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Francis Quarles

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.