Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London, J. Bennet · leaf 150
has more obvious rubs than thine;Tis true, my way is hard and strait.And leads me through a thorny gate,Whose rankling pricks are sharp and fell;The common way to Heavens by hell.Tis true, thy path is short and fair,And free of rubs : Ah ! fool, beware.The safest roads not always evn;The way to… … Eiias: ]iac itiir atl illaiu .!//(/(//t/i hfiu-, ////(/ /ff/r/f ///:■ fr/frr f/tii . BOOK II. EMBLEMS. 87 Soft knees, full bags, and beds of down, Are proper prologues to a crown ? Or canst thou hope to come, and view, Like prosprous Csesar, and subdue ? The bond-slave usurer will trudge. In spite…
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