Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London, J. Bennet · leaf 240
not great I purchase by this stay;What loss sustainst thou by so small delay.To whom ten thousand years are but a day ? My following eye can hardly make a shiftTo count my winged hours; they fly so swift.They scarce deserve the bounteous name of gift. The secret wheels of hurrying Time to giveSo… … Job.io.2o. /Ifv-Dqwi (trc frir,• Ayttuc f/ic/t fnvfor/cttJitu-ttf/i.-•Th^.frla/^rnns/ast thiit vofJ.v rur tr/t /rDr/tf// . BOOK HI. EMBLEMS. 17 And what s a life ? The flourishing arrayOf the proud summer-meadow, which to-dayWears her green plush, and is, to-morrow, hay. And whats a life ? A blast…
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