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My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes every day Speaks a new scene the last act crowns the play

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
Author
Poet
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Havering
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Speak
Judge
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Thou
Play
Patient
Done
Changes
Looker
Many
Judging
Crowns
Every
Scene
Hath

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