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Afflictions clarify the soul, And, like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

Afflictions clarify the soul, And, like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.

Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance

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Francis Quarles
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Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)

Page 19 · printed citation: Francis Quarles · subject: AFFLICTION

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