Francis Quarles (8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.
Famous quotes containing the word quarles:
“Like to the Artick needle, that doth guide
The wand’ring shade by his magnetick pow’r,
And leaves his silken Gnomon to decide
The question of the controverted houre;”
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644)