Fons Lachrymarum or a fountain of tears: From whence doth flow Englands Complaint, Jeremiahs Lamentations paraphras'd with Divine Meditations and an elegy Upon that Son of Valor Sir Charles Lucas. Written by John Quarles |
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Meditat. 23.
I am but earth, corrupted with my deeds,Which are but like unprofitable weeds;
My soil is ranck, and barren, and it bears
No grain at all, no, not so much as tears:
Would'st thou increase (my Soul,) Ile teach thee how
Sow but the seeds of Faith, God speeds the plow.
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