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Lord, shall we grumble when thy flames do scourge us?

Lord, shall we grumble when thy flames do scourge us?

Author: Francis Quarles
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Author: Francis Quarles

Quarles, Francis. The life of this "fine old English gentleman" and charming essayist and quaint singer, will be found in full in the present writer's collective and complete edition of his works in verse and prose (3 vols. 4°, 1880-81, Chertsey Worthies’ Library). His father was James Quarles, of Stewards, Esq., and his mother Joan Dalton. He was their third son and child. In the registers of Romford, Essex, is this entry, "1592, May 8. Baptizatus fuit Franciscus filius magistm Jacobi Quarrilus." He lost his father in 1599. His first school was Eomford and his first tutor William Tiehbournc, chaplain of Romford. He lost his mother in 1606. He proceeded to Christ's College, Cambridge, and later was of Exeter College, Oxford. It is to be… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lord, shall we grumble when thy flames do scourge us?
Author: Francis Quarles
Copyright: Public Domain

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