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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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[By Fathers, backt; by Holy Writ, led on]

1.

THE FIRST BOOKE

2.

THE SECOND BOOKE.

3.

THE THIRD BOOKE.

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4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

I.

I. ROMANS VII. XXIII.

II.

II. PSALMS CXIX. V.

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III.

III. PSALMS XVII. V.

Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feet do not slide.

3.

EPIGRAM 3.

IV.

IV. PSALMS CXIX. CXX.

V.

V. PSALMS CXIX. XXXVII.

VI.

VI. ESTHER VII. III.

VII.

VII. CANTICLES VII. XI.

VIII.

VIII. CANTICLES I. III.

IX.

IX. CANTICLES VIII. I.

X.

X. CANTICLES XXX. I.

XI.

XI. CANTICLES III. II.

XII.

XII. CANTICLES III. III.

XIII.

XIII. PSALMS LXXII. XXVIII.

XIV.

XIV. CANTICLES II. III.

XV.

XV. PSALMS CXXXXVII. IV.

5.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 3.

[Feare not, my soule, to lose for want of cunning]

Feare not, my soule, to lose for want of cunning;
Weepe not; heav'n is not alwayes got by running:
Thy thoughts are swift, although thy legs be slow;
True love will creepe, not having strength to go.