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 113
His Carcafs on the fatal Bough. .The Moral. Virtue and Vice are ever at a Strife,And fiercely combate thro the Ccurfe of Life,Vice tyrannizes long with haughty Pride,And Virtues Brightnefs mufi a-while fubfide.With Wrongs injurious fhe mufi: be opprefsd,Infulted, threatend, made the publick Jefi:… … Sweet is Retirement to the Sotil,Since there Ihe Christ enjoys to Full iIn wtom file places her Delight,Who is her Sojace Day and Night. [ III ] EMBLEM VII. Cant. vii. 11. Ti:e fweet Intcrcourfe bdwee7i Christ andthe Soul. Chrijf. y^> O M E, come, my Love, lets walk\^^ Abroad, And fnuff the…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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