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 169
me hence to form an Argument,To prove a Power Divine Omnipotent ?y/hat is this Reafon which I feel refl-^ils,Virtue commends, and Vice .with fcorn rejecls ?Have Beafts this Faculty ? Can they difcernFalihood from Truth, or rice Dirtin;flions learn ?.No, tis a Gifc peculiar to Man,Implanted in him… … The Candles lighted, but I doubtA Pufr of Wind will blow it out;Such is our Life, and fucli our Breath,Each Moment liable to Death. t 1^7 ]HIEROGLYPHICK III. . Death entersztith Life, NO fooner does the Taper fhine.And fpreads it Light about.But Deaths black Tio:>ps thtir Force* join, RefolvM to…
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