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Give me care, By thankful patience, to prevent despair: Fit me to bear whate’er Thou shalt assign; I kiss the rod, because the rod is Thine.

Give me care, By thankful patience, to prevent despair: Fit me to bear whate’er Thou shalt assign; I kiss the rod, because the rod is Thine.

Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance

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Francis Quarles
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Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1592–1644)
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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)

Page 432 · printed citation: Francis Quarles · subject: PATIENCE

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