Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · Halifax : Printed & published by Milner & Sowerby, Cheapside · leaf 276
liso great an ardency of mind, that for the extremityof love she can enjoy no rest, nor suffer his absencewithout great anxiety, with what affection, withwhat fei-vency ought the soul, whom thou hast es-poused by faith and compassion, to love thee, hertrue God, and glorious bridegroom ? Epig. 4. My… … CANTICLES. V. 6. My soul melted whilst my beloved spoke. Lord, has the feeble voice of flesh and bloodThe powr to work thine ears into a floodOf melted mercy ? or the strength t unlockThe gates of Heavn, and to dissolve a rockOf marble clouds into a morning showr ?Or hath the breath of whining dust…
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