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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 4.

[Taxe not thy God: Thine owne defaults did urge]

Taxe not thy God: Thine owne defaults did urge
This twofold punishment; the Mill, the Scourge:
Thy sin's the Author of thy self-tormenting:
Thou grind'st for sinning; scourg'd for not repenting.
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