Born: 1624, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: 1665, Lon­don, Eng­land, dur­ing the plague.

Son of hymn­ist Fran­cis Quarles, John was ed­u­cat­ed at Ex­e­ter Col­lege, Ox­ford. His works in­clude:

Hymns

  1. Long Did I Toil
  2. O King of Kings, Be­fore Whose Throne
  3. O Thou Who Sitt’st in Heav­en and Se­est

Wanted