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Divine Fancies

Digested into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Observations. By Fra: Quarles

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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27. On Formio .

Formio will keepe the Sabbath, read and pray,
His lips are seal'd from oaths upon that day;
Formio is clad in black, and will absent
His fleshly thoughts, this holy time of Lent.

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Thinkst thou that Formio's shaken hands with Sin?
No, tis but giving hands to meet agin.