Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · New York : N. Tibbals and Co · leaf 306
•ir^fni Bring my soul out of prison, that 1 may praise thy name—Psalm cxlii. 7. My soul is like a bird, my flesh the cage, Wherein she wears her weary pilgrimage Of hours, as few as evil, daily fed With sacred wine and sacramental bread ; The keys that lock her in and let her out, Are birth and…
Emblems · Christian poetry, English · English poetry
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