Emblems, divine and moral : The school of the heart; and Hieroglyphics of the life of man (1866)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Harvey, Christopher, 1597-1663. School of the heart, Wilkins, William Walker, Tegg, William, 1816-1895, publisher · London : William Tegg · leaf 278
:That which thou gloriest in, will be thy shame :Thou It find thy loss in what thou thoughtst thy gainThine honour will put on another name. That music, in the close, will ring thy knell; Instead of heaven, toll thee into hell. But why do I thus waste my words in vain On one thats wholly taken up… … Blown up with honours wind, the heart grows vain,Though a great nothing is the whole you gain. JOB XV. 31. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity, for vanityshall he his recommence. Epig. 5. AMBITION bellows with the wind of honour,Puffs up the swelling heart that dotes upon her :Which, fiird…
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