Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Francis Quarles. 1592–1644277. Respice Finem Epigram
| 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. |