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"Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends."
Francis QuarlesThe way to bliss lies not on beds of down, — Francis Quarles
"The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that has no cross deserves no crown."
Francis Quarles
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Francis Quarles was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled Emblems.
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