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Emblems, divine and moral (1812)

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 115

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ng once possessed thereof) nonecan take from thee: whereto all pleasure, beingcompared, is torment, all joy is grief, sweet thingsare bitter, all glory is baseness, and all delectablethings are despicable. .S. BERJf. Joy, in a changeable subject, must necessarilychange as the subject changeth.… … Venturum exhorresco diem.ISAIAH X. 3. What u)ill ye do in the day of your visitation? tvwhom will ye fiee for help? and where will ycleave your glory? Is this that jolly god, whose Cyprian bow Has shot so many flaming daits,And made so many wounded beauties go Sadly perplexd with whimpiing hearts?…

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