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:

• Jeremiah’s La­men­ta­tions Par­a­phrased, with Di­vine Med­i­ta­tions, 1648
• Divine Med­i­ta­tions up­on Sev­er­al Sub­jects Where­un­to Is An­nexed God’s Love to Man’s Un­wor­thi­ness, with Sev­er­al Di­vine Ejac­u­la­tions (Lon­don: 1655)

Hymns

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