Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert, A. M · London, J. Bennet · leaf 250
than day, appears In fears I spend my nights, my days in tears : I moan unpitied, groan without relief; There is nor end nor measure of my grief. The smiling flowr salutes the day ; it grows Untouchd with care; it neither spins nor sows : O that my tedious life were, like this flowr, Or freed from… … EMBLEl^L 16. Pf aim. 31.10. .Iji /)ti\,v ti//t/,Vtf//>/,f i/f (tn,\ftiiif f/rf<yft/c /i/tftn/iv ,s-/i7f, ///re //tf //■ /tiz/n/tf . BOOK III. EMBLEMS. 23 Ah me! why is my sorrow-wasted breath Denied the easy privilege of death ? The branded slave, that tugs the weary oar, Obtains the sabbath…
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