Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus Montague, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1732-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London : Printed at the Milton Press, Chandos Street, Strand, by John Nichols ; John Bennet, no. 4, Three Tun Passage, 25 & 26, Newgate Street · leaf 245
orse than day, appears In fears 1 spend my nights, my days in tears : I moan unpitied, groan without relief; Tliere is nor end nor measure of my grief. The smiling flowr salutes the day ; it grows Untouchd with care; it neither spins nor sows : O that my tedious life were, like this flowr, Or freed… … EMBLE1<^ 15. Alv Dnx.v itmf .Viif/tf-v in cfn.fffinf frrnjarf ,\y/r/// ,■ BOOK III. EMBLEMS. 23 Ah me ! why is my sorrow-wasted breath Denied the easy privilege of death ? The branded slave, that tugs the weary oar. Obtains the sabbath of a welcome shore : His ransomd stripes are heald; his…
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