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 15
tpone, Negled To-day To morrow are undone. Rouzc then, my Soul, from this lethargic flate.This Inftant rcuzs, or it may be too late.How great thy Work ! and yet thy Time how fhort!Canft thou be carelefs, and fo near the Port ?Heavn and eternal Glories are in View,And thefe to purified Souls are… … Here we behold the Origin,The Birth and Parentage of Sin ;Between the Women and the DevilWere generated Sin and Evil. [ 15 ] BOOK I. Emblem I. EVE and the Serpent. THE guileful Serpent tempts our Mother BveWith fubtile Words, her Judgment to deceive*Fair is the Fruit, my Lady, why fo fny ?See how…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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