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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 6.

[Expect, but feare not Death: Death cannot kill]

Expect, but feare not Death: Death cannot kill,
Till Time, (that first must seale her Patent) will:
Wouldst thou live long? Keepe Time in high esteeme;
Whom, gone, if thou canst not recall, redeeme.
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