Surname: Quarles Forename(s): Francis b. 1592. d. 8 September 1644. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet. Of Puritan heritage, he was a royalist and protestant. Studied law, but never
became a lawyer. Spent brief time at court “in an unspecified honorary position.”
In 1620, he began his literary career. He also wrote anonymous civil war tracts in
1644-45. In the late 1630s, he began a struggle with poverty that ended with his death.
Biographical information: ODNB (KH)