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 181
y A<ftion at the Pleaders Bar.Ker Beauties told, the Ear a ?»Ioment charm.But by the Fye alone the Heart, they warm,Goodnefs concealed can no Merit claim,And is no better than an empty Name.Tis Aftion only fets its Value foith.Shews its fair Beauties, and proclaims its WorthyA Treafurc hidden,… … Scarce more than Smoak. the candie eives.When it the feeble LiG:ht receives :What is an Infant, when its born ?A Creature naked and forlorn. [ 179 ]HIEROGLYPHICK IX, Infancy and Childhood, THE Spoon and Cradle fuit the Child,And Toys and Rattles make it fmilc %The Ercail does all its Wants…
Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century
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