Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Francis Quarles
Born: May 8, 1592
Died: September 8, 1644 (aged 52)
Bio: Francis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.
Known for:
- Emblemes (1635)
- Emblems, divine and moral
- Judgment and mercy for afflicted souls
Francis Quarles Quotes