Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root

DMI number:

14682

First Line:

Th' oft shaken tree grows faster at the root

Last Line:

And faith's most firm that's sometimes urged with doubt

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Couplet

Themes:

Religion

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Author:

Francis Quarles

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Quarles, Fancies (1633): 153.

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Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.256

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Quarles

Attributed To:

Francis Quarles