Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London, J. Bennet · leaf 180
! my darkness is perpetual night. Falls have their risings, wanings have their primes, And desprate sorrows wait their better times : Ebbs have their floods, and autumns have their springs:All states have changes hurried with the swingsOf chance and time, still tiding to and fro :Terrestrial… … E:M:BLEivr i Hninli.2().i). BOOK III. EMBLEMS. 105 Like as the hagard,* cloisterd in her mew,f To scour her downy robes, and to renew Her broken flags, J preparing t overlook The timrous mallard § at the sliding brook, Jetsll oft from perch to perch ; from stocky to ground; From ground to window;…
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