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My soul, the seas are rough, and thou a stranger In these false coasts O keep aloof there's danger Cast forth thy plummet see, a rock appears Thy ships want sea-room make it with thy tears.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
Age: 52 †
Born: 1592
Born: May 8
Died: 1644
Died: September 8
Author
Poet
Writer
Havering
Rooms
False
Coast
Keep
Thou
Appears
Soul
Sea
Rough
Make
Rock
Ships
Rocks
Cast
Plummet
Tears
Casts
Coasts
Danger
Forth
Aloof
Room
Stranger
Seas

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