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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.

III.

III. PSALMS XVII. V.

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.

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XI.

XI. CANTICLES III. II.

I will rise, and go about the City, and will seeke him that my soule loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

11.

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 14.

[My soule, pry not too nearely; The Complexion]

My soule, pry not too nearely; The Complexion
Of Sols bright face is seen, but by Reflexion:
But wouldst thou know what's heav'n? Ile tell thee what;
Think what thou canst not think, and Heav'n is that.