Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham · leaf 203
those that are to be damned; the fewnumber of those that are to be saved; and thevanity of transitory things: understand threethings; the multitude of sins, the omission ofgood things, and the loss of time: foresee thieethings; the danger of death, the last judgment,and eternal punishment. Epic.… … PSALM XXXI. 10. BIy life is spent with grief, and my years withsighing. What sullen star ruld my untimely birth,That would not lend my days one hour of mirth?How oft have these bare knees been bent to gainThese slender alms of one poor smile in vain? 198 EMBLEMS. BOOK 3. How often, tird with the…
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