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 143
t wj(h to be,.if there my God I could not fee. The M o R A L. UnnumbcrM BlefTings God on us beflow.*,.And the fweet Ccrnforts of the World allows ;Yet ^L^ he gives, he takes, and tempers fo.That we may refl: on nothing here beio.v.He ihews their Emptinefs a thoufand Ways,That v/e to Him afone may… … Trouble, and Care, and Sin and Strife,Fill up the Chriftians Round of Life,.Well may he wifh.to be releasd,And of a happier Portion fcizM.. [ 141 3EMBLEM VII. Tins a irouhkfome J^orld. MY Troubles mulitiply,And .Sorrow is my Lot;Theres nothing that I hear or fee.But grieves my \«€xed Thought.…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-203-192.webp)
