Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chas… - Francis Quarles

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Sweet Phosphor, bring the day
Whose conquering ray
May chase these fogs; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!
Light will repay
The wrongs of night;
Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

Francis Quarles

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About Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.

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