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 147
Luil,Thoufands reduces daily to the Duft,Of craving, carnal Appetites pofTefsd,With Natures choicell Cates we are unblefii*d»With thefe we do our pamperd Bodies feed.Yet thefe are Deaths moft fru^lifylng Seed.. But Death, how terrible foeer he feem,And arm-d with Terrors, horrible and grim.Yet is… … The Soul is wingd, but cannot getOne Inch from Earth, her painful Seat;She drives again, alas ! in vain *•■■■—She quickly feels her heavy Cliain, C 1453 EMBLEM IX, Senfe a clog to the Soul. OWhat a wretched Man am I!How chained down to fenfe IFor when to Heaven, I would fly, I cannot get from hence…
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 Della nouissima Iconologia di Cesare Ripa Perugino Caualier de SS. Mauritio & Lazzaro : parte prima [-terza] : nella quale si descriuono diuerse imagini di virtu, vitij, affetti, passioni humane, arti, discipline, humori, elementi, corpi celesti, prouincie d'Italia, fiumi tutte parte del mondo, & altre infinite materie : opera utile ad oratori, predicatori, poeti, pittori, scultori, disegnatori, & ad'ogni studioso : per inuentar concetti, emblemi, ed'imprese, per diuisare qual si voglia apparato nutiale, funerale, trionsale : per rappresentar poemi drammatici, e per figurare co' suoi proprij simboli ciò che può cadere in pensiero humano : ampliata in quest' ultima editione non solo dallostesso auttore di trecento e cinquantadue imagini con molti discorsi pieni di varia eruditione & con molti indici copiosi (1625)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-dellanouissimaic13ripa-207-90.webp)
