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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 15.

[My heart, but wherefore do I call thee so?]

My heart, but wherefore do I call thee so?
I have renounc'd my Interest long ago;
When thou wert false, and fleshly, I was thine;
Mine wert thou never, till thou wert not mine.
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