Emblems, divine and moral. New ed., carefully rev. and corr., with recommendatory prefaces by Augustus Toplady, and John Ryland (1839)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Toplady, Augustus, 1740-1778, Ryland, John Collett, 1723-1792, Wilson, Robert · London J. Bennet · leaf 252
ight worse 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… … .//t l>,t\.v iitiif .\7r;//f.vtf> fi/i,i-f,i>if f.ri./fir,- .yimf. BOOK III. EMBLEMS. 23 Ah me ! Avhy is my sorrow-wasted breath Denied the easy privilege of death ? The branded slave, that tugs the weary oar. Obtains the sabbath of a welcome shore : His ransomd stripes are heald; his…
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