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 355
soulMay be delivered from this dull dark holeOf dungeon flesh ? O shall I, shall I neverBe ransomd, but remain a slave for ever?It is the lot of man but once to die;But, ere that death, how many deaths have I!What human madness makes the world afraidTo entertain Heavns joys, because conveydBy th… … Pialiivjjo.^r^.tnJ i/t t/ic Tr/tf.v t/Kiifiir / //t/t.vt tfiit// . BOOK V. EMBLEMS. 89 Life is a bubble, blown with whining breaths, Filld with the torments of a thousand deaths ; AVhich, being prickd by death (\\hile death deprives One life), presents the soul a thousand lives. O frantic mortal,…
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