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Francis Quarles

Respice Finem

Epigram

MY soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

About the poet
Francis Quarles
 
By the same poet
A Divine Rapture
 
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Francis Quarles at amazon.co.uk

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