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 179
to Thee, and not with Blindnefs ftruck !Our Fowrs are weakend by the Force of bin.And Mifts o^darkning Errors intervene.Prevailing Lufts our Facuiites obfcure,Our Nature is debasd, our Thoughts impure.To the Allurements of the World ref.gnd,Our Thoughts and Profpefts are to them confind*O with fome… … The Sun eclipsed, appears forlorn;A Candle in a darkend HornHelps none : and fuch that Merit ifrWhich none but its PofleiTor fees*. [ ^11 ] HIEROGLYPHICK VIII. The Dark Lantkorn. BY a Dark-Lanthorn who will fayKe right his Steps direas ?Tnv Light within no Beams convey,Noj fplendid Rays refieds. 1…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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