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Argalvs and Parthenia

Written by Fra: Quarles

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So said; Abruptly he the roome departs,
His cheeks looke pale, his curled hayre vpstarts
Like quills of Porcupines, and from his eye
Quicke flashes like the flames of lightning flye;
He calls for light; the light no sooner come,
But his owne hand conuayes it to the roome
From whence he came, and as he entred in
He blest himselfe; he blest himselfe agin;
Thrice did he blesse himselfe, and after said,