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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
Quarles, John (1624-1665)

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Meditat. 55.

But how did stripling David dare to show
His childish face before so great a foe?
He had no armor on, nor sword to shield
His body, yet he fought, and won the field.
Here, here (my Soul) observe, and thou shalt find
A naked body, but an armed mind.
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