Respice Finem

By Francis Quarles

1592-1644


MY soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

DayPoems Poem No. 277
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The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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