Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books (1773)
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · leaf 103
e. The Moral. What ftrong Convulfions rend the Pious Soul \How do his Lulls his heavenly Aims controul !Now wingd with Zeal, his high Devotions rife.He quits dull Earth, and feems to climb the Skies.Some fadden Guft of Pafiion Hops his Flight,And hurls him down from his delightful Height,Tho Love… … The Workis an Litricate Meander, In which a-\vhile poorChrlfl-ians wander; ]^nt he who has a heavVJy Ray To guide hiir, fliall net loCc his Way. [ loi ] E M B L E M II. The TForhl a Labyrinth, THE Way to Heav*n is intricate,And dangerous the Road ;How many Thcufands mifb the GateTo the Divine Abode…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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