If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
- DMI number:
- 17009
- First Line:
- If Rome could pardon sins as Romans hold
- Last Line:
- We'll search no scriptures but the mines for gold
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history[Rome], Money / wealth[Gold mines], and Religion[Indulgences]
- Author:
- Francis Quarles
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Quarles, Fancies (1633): 156.
- Title:
- [vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Quarles
- Attributed To:
- Francis Quarles
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