Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London, J. Bennet · leaf 220
, Is *t not well done ? seems not an emlous strife Betwixt the rare cut picture and the life ? These perlieu men are devils; and the hounds (Those quick-nosd cannibals that scour the grounds) Temptations; and the game these fiends pursue Are human souls, which still they have in view; Whose fury if… … riainii8.5 BOOK III. EMBLEMS. O On th unsuspected earth, baited with treasure,Ambitious honour, and self-wasting pleasure;Where, if the soul but stoop, Death stands prepardTo draw the net, and, drawn, the souls insnard.Poor soul! how art thou hurried to and fro !Where canst thou safely stay? where…
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