Ôðýíñèñ Êóîðëñ. Áèîãðàôèÿ

Ôðý́íñèñ Êóî́ðëñ (Francis Quarles; 1592—1644) — àíãëèéñêèé ïîýò.

Áûë àäâîêàòîì, çàòåì õðîíèñòîì ãîðîäà Ëîíäîíà, îñòàâèë ìíîãî ñòèõîòâîðåíèé, áîëüøåé ÷àñòüþ ðåëèãèîçíîãî ñîäåðæàíèÿ, îòëè÷àþùèõñÿ ïðè÷óäëèâîé îðèãèíàëüíîñòüþ ìûñëè è ñòèëÿ. Íàèáîëåå ïîïóëÿðíû áûëè åãî «Emblems» (1635, íîâ. èçä. 1875).

Ñòèõîòâîðåíèÿ ïîýòà:

1. A Good Night
2. On the World
3. My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His
4. The Loadstone
5. Hos Ego Versiculos
6. The Shortness Of Life
7. Delight In God Only
8. On Change of Weather
9. Why Dost Thou Shade Thy Lovely Face?
10. On the Life and Death of Man