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Though life, since finite, has so ill excuse For being but in finite objects learned, Yet sure the soul was made for little use, Unless it be in infinites concerned.
Though life, since finite, has so ill excuse For being but in finite objects learned, Yet sure the soul was made for little use, Unless it be in infinites concerned.
Approximate author period: c. 1636 AD · renaissance
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- Sir William Davenant
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- Approximate author period: c. 1636 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 559 · printed citation: Sir William Davenant · subject: SOUL
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