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I live on earth upon a stage of sorrow; Lord, if Thou pleasest, end the play to-morrow. I live on earth, as in a dream of pleasure; Awake me when Thou wilt, I wait Thy leisure. I live on earth, but as of life bereaven; My life’s with Thee, for, Lord, Thou art in Heaven.
I live on earth upon a stage of sorrow; Lord, if Thou pleasest, end the play to-morrow. I live on earth, as in a dream of pleasure; Awake me when Thou wilt, I wait Thy leisure. I live on earth, but as of life bereaven; My life’s with Thee, for, Lord, Thou art in Heaven.
Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
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- Francis Quarles
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- Approximate author period: c. 1618 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1592–1644)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 355 · printed citation: Quarles · subject: LIFE
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