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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.

4.

THE FOURTH BOOKE.

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5.

I.

I. CANTICLES V. VIII.

II.

II. CANTICLES II. V.

III.

III. CANTICLES II. XVI.

IV.

IV. CANTICLES VII. X.

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V.

V. CANTICLES V. VI.

My Soule melted whilst my Beloved spake.

5.

VI.

VI. PSALMS LXXIII. XXV.

VII.

VII. PSALMS CXX. V.

VIII.

VIII. ROMANS VII. XXIV.

IX.

IX. PHILIPPIANS I. XXIII.

X.

X. PSALMS CXLII. VII.

XI.

XI. PSALMS XLII. I.

XII.

XII. PSALMS XLII. II.

XIII.

XIII. PSALMS LV. VI.

XIV.

XIV. PSALMS LXXXIV. I.

XV.

XV. CANTICLES VIII. XIV.

[Hieroglyphikes]

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EPIGRAM 14.

[My Soule, if Ignorance puffe out this light]

My Soule, if Ignorance puffe out this light
Shee'll do a favour that entends a spight:
'T seemes dark abroad; But take this light away,
Thy windowes will discover breake a day.