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The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown. — Francis Quarles

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The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.

Francis Quarles
1621
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1621
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Quarles, Francis. Hadassa; or the History of Queene Ester. London: Richard Moore, 1621, sec. 9, meditation 9.

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