Francis Quarles God Poems
- 1. On Change Of Weather
And were it for thy profit, to obtain
All sunshine? No vicissitude of rain?
Think'st thou that thy laborious plough requires
Not winter frosts as well as summer fires?
... - 2. Sonnets
Mors Christi.
And am I here, and my Redeemer gone ?
Can he be dead, and is not my life done ?
... - 3. Why Dost Thou Shade Thy Lovely Face?
1 Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? Oh, why
2 Does that eclipsing hand so long deny
3 The sunshine of thy soul-enliv'ning eye?
... - 4. The Loadstone
Eternal God! O Thou that only art
The sacred fountain of eternal light,
And blessed loadstone of my better part,
O Thou my heart's desire, my soul's delight!
... - 5. From 'a Feast For Wormes'
The Argument.
The Ninivites beleeve the word,
Their hearts retiu'ne mito the Lord;
... - 6. From 'the History Of Samson'
The Argument.
He goes to Timnah : as he went
He slew a lyon by the way;
... - 7. Delight In God Only
I love (and have some cause to love) the earth;
She is my Maker's creature, therefore good:
She is my mother, for she gave me birth;
She is my tender nurse; she gives me food;
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