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Man’s not a lawful steersman of his days, His bootless wish nor hastens, nor delays; We are God’s hired workmen, He discharges Some late at night, and (when He list) enlarges Others at noon, and in the morning some: None may relieve himself, till He bid, Come.
Man’s not a lawful steersman of his days, His bootless wish nor hastens, nor delays; We are God’s hired workmen, He discharges Some late at night, and (when He list) enlarges Others at noon, and in the morning some: None may relieve himself, till He bid, Come.
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 374 · printed citation: Francis Quarles · subject: MAN
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