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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

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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
Many
Judging
Crowns
Every
Scene
Hath
Lasts
Speaks
Last
Plot
Speak
Judge
Soul
Thou
Play
Patient
Done
Changes
Looker

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