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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 5.

['Tis vaine, great God, to close mine eyes from ill]

'Tis vaine, great God, to close mine eyes from ill
When I resolve to keep the old man still:
My rambling heart must cov'nant first with Thee,
Or none can passe betwixt mine eyes and me.
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