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For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood What bitter pills, Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down to purchase one false good!

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
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Havering
Men
False
Torment
Flesh
Joys
Grief
Trash
Joy
Toys
Blood
Sharp
Ills
Seems
Ring
Purchase
Real
Rings
Swallow
Good
Bitter
Pills

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