Showing posts with label Poem by Francis Quarles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poem by Francis Quarles. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2007

My Fairy Tale Image

On The World

The world's an inn; and I her guest.
I eat; I drink; I take my rest.
My hostess, nature, does deny me
Nothing, wherewith she can supply me;
Where, having stayed a while, I pay
Her lavish bills, and go my way.