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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]
Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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EPIGRAM 13.

[Braine-wounded Cupid, had this hasty dart]

Braine-wounded Cupid, had this hasty dart
As it hath prickt thy Fancy, pierc'd thy heart,
'T had been thy Friend: O how has it deceiv'd thee?
For had this dart but kill'd, this dart had sav'd thee.
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