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Who is sure he hath a soul, unless / It see and judge, and follow worthiness, / And by deeds praise it? He who doth not this / May lodge an inmate soul, but 'tis not his.
Who is sure he hath a soul, unless / It see and judge, and follow worthiness, / And by deeds praise it? He who doth not this / May lodge an inmate soul, but 'tis not his.
Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- Dr. John Donne
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- Approximate author period: c. 1602 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1573–1631)
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Donne. · page_551
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